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Is a happy delusion preferable to a miserable reality? The App Store has become a virtual Truman Show. As long as you don't look beyond its simulated reality,

Is a happy delusion preferable to a miserable reality? The App Store has become a virtual Truman Show. As long as you don't look beyond its simulated reality, it's a happy place. Developers have the perspective and ability to look behind the curtains. And what they find there is a truly miserable reality of unfair practices, deceptions, and even censorship. The philosophical answer to the question above has long been given. In the end, a miserable reality is always preferable to a happy delusion. And it's only a matter of time until "ordinary" users will discover that harsh truth themselves. Being a bit more unprotected is a small price in exchange to not losing your freedom.

nemothekid 6y ago
>Is a happy delusion preferable to a miserable reality? Your miserable reality is one where: * Nation-states have full access to location data to many Americans * Ad companies abusing user data to push questionable products * Moneyed interests spreading disinformation through hypertargetting. This isn't hyperbole. Snowden already showed the length the USG was willing to go (1). Facebook is currently under fire for (2) and (3). So yes, I'd gladly trade away my freedom in my pocket toy to ensure I retain my freedoms in my everyday life. If it's unfair that Epic has to charge a 30% markup on "v-bucks" so be it. The Developer complaints, deceptions and censorship have been so laughably elementary compared to the level abuse that Apple's wall garden prevents. It, again, shows the level blindness that utopians who can build from source have ignored. If I cared about device freedom, there are plenty of phones on the market that provide that. However I have explicitly bought into Apple's platform in order to prevent developers from doing whatever they wish on my device.
- starbugs 6y ago
  Your logical fallacy is to believe that you will retain your everyday life freedoms that way. The lines between digital and real life are already blurring. You will lose freedom in both this way. I hope for you that we utopians won't have to rescue you one day with our ability to build from source. If enough of your kind would exist, we might all be working for the FANGS and nobody will be there for you anymore.

nemothekid 6y ago

>Is a happy delusion preferable to a miserable reality? Your miserable reality is one where: * Nation-states have full access to location data to many Americans * Ad companies abusing user data to push questionable products * Moneyed interests spreading disinformation through hypertargetting. This isn't hyperbole. Snowden already showed the length the USG was willing to go (1). Facebook is currently under fire for (2) and (3). So yes, I'd gladly trade away my freedom in my pocket toy to ensure I retain my freedoms in my everyday life. If it's unfair that Epic has to charge a 30% markup on "v-bucks" so be it. The Developer complaints, deceptions and censorship have been so laughably elementary compared to the level abuse that Apple's wall garden prevents. It, again, shows the level blindness that utopians who can build from source have ignored. If I cared about device freedom, there are plenty of phones on the market that provide that. However I have explicitly bought into Apple's platform in order to prevent developers from doing whatever they wish on my device.

starbugs 6y ago
Your logical fallacy is to believe that you will retain your everyday life freedoms that way. The lines between digital and real life are already blurring. You will lose freedom in both this way. I hope for you that we utopians won't have to rescue you one day with our ability to build from source. If enough of your kind would exist, we might all be working for the FANGS and nobody will be there for you anymore.