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The phrase "snooping aside" invalidates your whole argument. It's not like using a car will harm Joe Average on average, but because of the snooping carried on
by ghoward 6y ago
The phrase "snooping aside" invalidates your whole argument. It's not like using a car will harm Joe Average on average, but because of the snooping carried on by general-purpose computers, using a computer does hurt Joe Average on average.
- rimliu 6y agoIf you think it invalidates my whole argument, then you did not understand my argument at all. It is extremely sad that HN folks have zero empathy.
- ghoward 6y agoI think you didn't understand me. I do understand that Joe Average wants to use general-purpose computing to accomplish things. My point is that Joe Average does not understand the hidden costs of using computers that are spying on him, costs that might make him want to find some other way of accomplishing his tasks.