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There is value in knowing there are 2 demographics: most people use apps and don't care how the app handles it's data; indeed the app usually alters the user's
by arch-ninja 7y ago
There is value in knowing there are 2 demographics: most people use apps and don't care how the app handles it's data; indeed the app usually alters the user's behaviour.
Some people run the opposite: they instruct apps and the app had better use the data given in the format given or the user moves to another app (or writes their own).
Someday I hope the second demographic's lifestyle is taught in highschools, because it is socially healthier.
- iroo9fkn 7y agoThat’s not going to happen while top-down social policy is to adapt ourselves to what’s good for corporations. We’re not given much time to consider anything but what’s good for the economy. Pragmatic acquiescence trickles down.
- TeMPOraL 7y agoI think the demographics are closer to thinking the data belongs to an app (the first group) vs. believing the data is its own thing (the second group). I'm strongly in the second group. I don't object to an app using its specific file format if it's really needed. But I want to have the data in files, which I can independently move around without invoking the app, and possibly view and alter in software other than said app.
- igornadj 7y ago>socially healthier That's a bold statement, can you elaborate? People want to go for walks, meet up with friends, share memories, they don't care how it's done. Having the tools get out of the way and just do those things is a net benefit to society.