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I already wonder how people does accept alexa, google home, smart fridges, smart TV and smartphones overloaded with trackers. Now bots full of cameras and obvio
by xsgb 4y ago
I already wonder how people does accept alexa, google home, smart fridges, smart TV and smartphones overloaded with trackers. Now bots full of cameras and obviously connected to internet are coming.
- chaostheory 4y agoConvenience. It’s the same reason many people will pick safety over freedom. I’m not making a judgement. It’s just an observation.
- xsgb 4y agoI see it more like the consumerism culture alimented with strong marketing that convince people there's something to gain while occluding any downsides: any individual or collective loss. Like the loss of privacy or the pollution caused by a gadget industry relying on batteries, plastics, consumed power put together, [...].
- chaostheory 4y agoYou wouldn’t understand until you’ve used one on a daily basis. The marketing can only do so much if the products don’t actually deliver. They deliver
- rurp 4y agoMarketing is a huge part of it as well. There are a lot of slick online and physical ads for these products. Heck, most of these devices were created by ad companies.