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Better buy a bike then. I’m glad that a small minority of luddites can’t hold everybody else back from making progress.

Polylactic_acid 6y ago
Not everyone would agree that active cameras pointed at you and phoning home in otherwise semi private situations is progress.
- cycrutchfield 6y ago
  There’s an easy solution if you don’t like it: put a piece of tape over the lens. I’m not sure what y’all are doing in your cars but if you like to get wild then by all means do so, just take precautions.
gpvos 6y ago
I'd like technical progress to be in service of the user and all their rights, not of corporations that apparently value covering their asses above creating value for their clients. Legal measures ensuring the ability in all situations to physically turn off privacy-invading features, plus the right to repair and tinker, would be a good start. Forcing free software would be even better.
- cycrutchfield 6y ago
  You absolutely have the right to use the power of your wallet to try to force those changes. However, again, the vast majority of consumers have voted with their wallets and they do not care for the same set of features that you care about. The vast majority feel that it would make the product experience significantly worse. What use do I have for a headphone jack when I have AirPods? What use do I have for a replaceable battery when it would make my device thicker, heavier, and much less pleasant to use? It’s a good thing indefatigable contrarians like you don’t get to drive product decisions.
  - Polylactic_acid 6y ago
    I somewhat agree its a good thing that all tech is not driven by complaints but the problem is virtually every single phone is the same thing. When changes something and you don't like it, you better get used to it because next year every single android phone will have the same change because they all target the mass market unless you look at ultra budget android go phones. The AirPods might be really nice and not nearly as problematic as the initial reactions predicted but they are still massively more expensive than wired headphones and made a huge collection of existing working headphones obsolete.
    - gpvos 6y ago
      Indeed, another problem is the infinite stream of waste being produced.

Not everyone would agree that active cameras pointed at you and phoning home in otherwise semi private situations is progress.

cycrutchfield 6y ago
There’s an easy solution if you don’t like it: put a piece of tape over the lens. I’m not sure what y’all are doing in your cars but if you like to get wild then by all means do so, just take precautions.

gpvos 6y ago

I'd like technical progress to be in service of the user and all their rights, not of corporations that apparently value covering their asses above creating value for their clients. Legal measures ensuring the ability in all situations to physically turn off privacy-invading features, plus the right to repair and tinker, would be a good start. Forcing free software would be even better.

cycrutchfield 6y ago
You absolutely have the right to use the power of your wallet to try to force those changes. However, again, the vast majority of consumers have voted with their wallets and they do not care for the same set of features that you care about. The vast majority feel that it would make the product experience significantly worse. What use do I have for a headphone jack when I have AirPods? What use do I have for a replaceable battery when it would make my device thicker, heavier, and much less pleasant to use? It’s a good thing indefatigable contrarians like you don’t get to drive product decisions.
- Polylactic_acid 6y ago
  I somewhat agree its a good thing that all tech is not driven by complaints but the problem is virtually every single phone is the same thing. When changes something and you don't like it, you better get used to it because next year every single android phone will have the same change because they all target the mass market unless you look at ultra budget android go phones. The AirPods might be really nice and not nearly as problematic as the initial reactions predicted but they are still massively more expensive than wired headphones and made a huge collection of existing working headphones obsolete.
  - gpvos 6y ago
    Indeed, another problem is the infinite stream of waste being produced.