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Wonderful news. That means less electronic junk to recycle, much less pollution.
I’m actually quiet happy to own a dumbphone and no smartwatch. Having a powerful Linux laptop is great, but I came to the conclusion humans need low-tech for their mental health. Not having tech around me helps me focus, go on nice walks, write what’s on my mind and read books. I just feel happier.
If you aren’t careful, the things you own can end up owning you.
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I know how large social media companies operate. This is all about increasing the value of Reddit users to advertisers. The goal is to have a more accurate user database to sell them.
Zuckerberg literally brags to corporations about how good their data is on users:
https://www.facebook.com/business/ads/performance-marketing
Here, Zuck tells companies that Instagram can easily manipulate users into purchasing shit:
https://www.facebook.com/business/instagram/instagram-reels
Always be wary of anything available for free.
There are some quality exceptions (CBC, VLC, The Guardian, Linux, PBS, Wikipedia, Lemmy, ProPublica) but, by and large, “free” means they don’t care about you. You are just a commodity that they sell.
Facebook, Google, X, Reddit, Instagram… Their goal is keep people hooked to their smartphone. The recipe is very simple. You give them small dopamine hits (likes, upvotes) followed by a small break with outrageous content/emotional content. Then another dopamine hit.
Keep them hooked, gather their data, and sell them ads.
The people who know that best are former top executives :
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/oct/05/smartphone-addiction-silicon-valley-dystopia
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/01/business/addictive-technology.html
https://www.today.com/parents/teens/facebook-whistleblower-frances-haugen-rcna15256
I’m not Canadian. I studied in Canada before moving back to my home country.
But I genuinely love this country and I want to see Canada thrive.
How can I say this without offending anyone…? I’m about to ruffle some feathers.
Every single political news that seems to come out of Alberta makes me think "Wow !! These folks seem the most ignorant in Canada"
Your Premier Danielle Smith attended a party with Tucker Carlson.
This is the same guy who said angry Ottawa truckers should "find Trudeau" and “deal with him”. He wasn’t joking. He said that again and again.
Is this really what you want? A bunch of angry guys lynching the Prime Minister? Let’s say it actually happens. They storm his house and beat him up. Then what? What exactly happens next…?
How can any self-respecting Canadian Premier attend an event with a man who made these statements?
She was once a newspaper columnist and published articles defending tobacco companies.
For instance, she attacked the World Health Organization and claimed smoking wasn’t actually very harmful. She accused scientists of being “corrupt” (lol) and she quoted a tobacco industry lobbyist named Gio Batta Gorri:
How did this such dishonest weasel become Head of Government?
Now, she introduce a bill that will allow corporations to wire money to Alberta parties:
How exactly would that improve the life of ordinary people?? And why are so many members of the Alberta Legislative Assembly going along with this plan?!
These stupid politicians didn’t fall from the sky. They all got elected 🤦
I don’t know why this is happening. It’s so sad.
San Francisco is the city with the most tech engineers and software developers. It’s the US city with the most tech entrepreneurs. The roads are full of robot cars. You see people walking around with tech glasses and weird devices. You could throw a rock in the street and it will probably land on some tech guy.
It’s a complete disaster. Homeless people everywhere. Families unable to see a doctor or a dentist. Desperate men in the streets, injecting themselves with drugs. Luxury private schools where smartphones are banned and professors give tips to get into Stanford. Poor public schools for ordinary kids.
What kind of Utopia is this? This is not utopia. It’s a nightmare.
I was told Linux is incredibly difficult to use, Windows is so much safer/better.
Honestly, I used to believe this, until I installed Linux. Well, I was just lied to. I very easily installed everything that I need. My Linux distro works just fine. I can even play my favorite games. To this day, I haven’t moved back to Windows. The Microsoft empire is based on aggressive lobbying and advertising, not on superior product quality.
Billionaire-owned multinational corporations spend hundreds of billions of dollars a year on advertising. They have entire teams that study consumer psychology. The goal of advertising is to undermine human rationality.
If humans were purely rational, why would they waste billions on advertising ?
They would just say “here are our products. Here are our prices. Buy them if you want to”.
I don’t need to access my banking services 24/7. I have cash and a debit card that does the job. If I need to see my bank account, I just use my computer.
What you need and what you think you need are not the same things.