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I think people underestimate the degree to which the general population is susceptible to mass manipulation following the recent death of personal computing.
by swiley 5y ago
I think people underestimate the degree to which the general population is susceptible to mass manipulation following the recent death of personal computing.
- rchaud 5y agoHow recent are we talking? 15 years ago I was working at my college's IT helpdesk. The majority of students that brought in their machines told me they didn't use their computers for anything besides MS Word, AIM, Flash games and DVDs. Of course there were the art students with Adobe troubleshooting issues, or Econ students with STATA questions, but 90% of the time the computer was an entertainment-centric device.
- swiley 5y ago>...AIM, Flash games 15 years ago Microsoft wasn't dictating moderation rules and content for these.
- rchaud 5y agoI don't see how that's related to 'general computing'. Microsoft does not have a monopoly on the distribution of software.
- swiley 5y agoThat's exactly my point. They didn't in the past, but modern OS vendors do.
- rchaud 5y agoHow so? Google only reviews apps published on their store. You can upload an APK anywhere, for anyone to download and use on their own device. iOS is obviously more locked down, but globally, Android has greater market share. And that is just native apps. You can publish whatever app or game you want on your website, and the server for that site can be a simple Raspberry Pi in your home.
- swiley 5y agoWith the exception of IRC (and given the popularity of IRC that's not a huge exception) no one will use your chat app if it's not on the iPhone.