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I am that hypothetical person, actually CSAM kicked me in the bottom and removed "tech fetishism" completely from my perspective. Using my several NAS stations
by nbzso 5y ago
I am that hypothetical person, actually CSAM kicked me in the bottom and removed "tech fetishism" completely from my perspective.
Using my several NAS stations to find music takes seconds if I stream locally. If I want to listen on the go I find immense pleasure in selecting which playlist I will play.
Comparing this with dark patterns filled UX from any streaming service is funny. I control my UX, not some millennial PM trying hard to impress upper management for promotion.
I don't watch TV from 15 years. I have RSS for several sources to inform me, it is amazingly fast process, I have important shit to do in my day. I have a real library with real books, some of them very old (added value).
I produce technology, web-technology. But I see a future where a lot of people will pay good money to have user centered UX, not politically or "insert common good mantra" motivated experience.
There are no risk of dystopia, we are living in one. Palantir, NSO, countless other "surveillance businesses" are fighting over peoples data. The free petrol of the future overlords.
Why the endemic pessimism? There is no pessimism, there is real, factual information everyday. If someone wants to connect the political situation, the pandemic situation and the corporate movements, the data is obvious and accessible.
When It Comes to Data, Skepticism Matters (https://hbr.org/2014/10/when-it-comes-to-data-skepticism-matters https://hbr.org/2014/10/when-it-comes-to-data-skepticism-mat...).
- concinds 5y agoAn insightful testimony. I'll be spending some time looking for books and talks about this, because it's very possible I'm misjudging this and having too much faith in the average person drawing the line if anything bad happens. Certainly I haven't thought deeply about where I would draw that line, and I'm no longer satisfied in my vague feeling that the line is far from having been crossed. I'll give it some thought. Thanks.