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[-] prism@lemmy.dbzer0.com 43 points 2 days ago

I really hate this timeline. 99% of companies pushing users into walled gardens. Governments and banks forcing people to use invasive apps that only work in those walled gardens. Slowly our control is eroded, yet your average user couldn't care less as long as they get to watch their TikTok slop for a few hours a day.

Until a Linux phone becomes viable I'll be using a rooted custom ROM and avoiding banking/government apps like the plague.

[-] Lfrith@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 days ago

Times of Cyanogenmod and Paranoid Android was the golden years when we were excited about how awesome tech would be as opposed to how it'd be used to exploit, control, and spy on people.

[-] limerod@reddthat.com 10 points 2 days ago

When you try to inform them. They make the argument about having nothing to hide or what do they care. Everyone harvests data anyway. It does not matter.

[-] prism@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 days ago

Absolutely. The general population is braindead when it comes to privacy and digital rights and it gets worse with newer generations as 24/7 connectivity and everything being online is the norm for them. As long as they can watch some social media slop they are satisfied. I believe the proliferation of AI will accelerate this as people delegate their critical thinking faculties to machines and accept big tech's propaganda as gospel. Chatgippity knows best, right?

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