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Wouldn't it be a treat if this article were presented to prospective buyers of smartphones rather than a bland ToS? Sign right here to strike this Faustian bar
by politician 9y ago
Wouldn't it be a treat if this article were presented to prospective buyers of smartphones rather than a bland ToS?
Sign right here to strike this Faustian bargain.
(Disclosure: I own and operate a smartphone.)
- throwanem 9y agoIs it Faustian? Not to say there aren't tradeoffs, but the metaphor of damnation I find perhaps excessive.
- politician 9y agoThe author describes users becoming automatons living lives that are divorced from each other and motivated by extreme personalization. Is it excessive?
- throwanem 9y agoIt's not eternal. People still die, and always will. They are unlikely to continue using smartphones thereafter.