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Realise that you don't really need those android apps, or the google or facebook account. The utility and entertainment you get is half of surveillance capitali
by afandian 7y ago
Realise that you don't really need those android apps, or the google or facebook account. The utility and entertainment you get is half of surveillance capitalism ecosystem, and the other half is that they compile all this information about you.
I know it sounds preachy and it's not a conclusion most people will like. But, like fasting, going without something you like but don't really need does help you focus on what you really do need.
- pjc50 7y agoI don't actually care all that much and I like my luxuries. Do I "need" the Google account? No. Do I want to tell every person and business currently using it that I've changed email? Also no, that's a huge amount of work. Likewise for facebook, which is now down to once-a-day-ish use for coordination with a specific group of people whom I do not want to do the work of moving all of them off Facebook too.
- afandian 7y agoYeah, I make similar trade-offs. The sunk cost of a few TV shows purchses keep me from closing my Google account. But I won't let it anywhere near my phone. I think the process of honestly asking the question is more useful than the actual answer. Life & society is full of compromises.