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Only skimmed through this but I thought that this article sounded familiar...down to the tidbit about missing a friends birth on Facebook and using a custom VPN
by ibn_khaldun 6y ago
Only skimmed through this but I thought that this article sounded familiar...down to the tidbit about missing a friends birth on Facebook and using a custom VPN to block the services....Published by Gizmodo, Jan. 2019 [0]
[0]: https://gizmodo.com/life-without-the-tech-giants-1830258056 https://gizmodo.com/life-without-the-tech-giants-1830258056
- xdavidliu 6y agoto save other readers a click, this is the same author as the NYTimes article in the OP, so this is that author recycling their own content, not plagiarism from someone else
- wmeredith 6y agoI'm actually OK with this, particularly in the area of tech reporting. The state of the art advances quickly and it's likely worth revisiting assumptions, options, and outcomes with updated inputs. *I haven't read both articles, so there may actually be no updates.
- brian_herman__ 6y agoI couldnt even read the article without logging into google, facebook, or apple. I could read the gizmodo one though. I guess that's an ironic update?
- glxxyz 6y agoWithout Google she had no way to search and see if she'd already published it somewhere.
- jrumbut 6y agoAlso mentioned in the article, which does in fact reflect on the same experience.