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> Human beings are more than vessels for SV douches to make billions they don’t need. If I buy an iPad to read PDFs or books, many of which are free, I am hard
by gurkendoktor 5y ago
> Human beings are more than vessels for SV douches to make billions they don’t need.
If I buy an iPad to read PDFs or books, many of which are free, I am hardly making SV douches more money than when I buy a "Pro" device for productivity.
Ironically, the idea that people shouldn't read or listen (consume), and instead just build build build, also strikes me as a very Silicon Valley idea.
I really don't know what it is about the iPad that makes it the target of this discussion. I have never heard anyone say the same things about e-book readers, or headphones that don't come with a mic for content creation.
- thawaya3113 5y agoIt’s about being more than …. A consumption device is nothing more than something designed to extract money out of a person. And no, being productive is not a SV idea. In fact, it’s only recently (in the past 50 or so years) that buying something that doesn’t have a productive purpose is even considered. But I’m not surprised that SV douches have convinced themselves that they’ve created the concept of being productive.
- gurkendoktor 5y ago> It’s about being more than …. I would understand that objection if people could only own a single computing device. But us who want the iPad to be a dumb consumption device probably own a proper computer for creation. In fact, having an iPad that is supported by all the big companies (native apps, DRM, ...) makes it easier to use a main operating system that runs none of the SV junk. From my POV, it is really the opposite. People who want the iPad to be a universal computing device are the problem, because they'd be willing to move to a locked-down platform if only it had Xcode or whatever.