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This comment has predictably spawned a back-and-forth about which shitty privacy violating phone is 10% less shitty, but if you care about privacy the discussio
by safety1st 4y ago
This comment has predictably spawned a back-and-forth about which shitty privacy violating phone is 10% less shitty, but if you care about privacy the discussion you should be having is how to eliminate smartphone usage as much as possible.
- matheusmoreira 4y agoEliminating computer usage isn't a valid solution. Computers are too useful to simply stop using them. Maybe computers were a mistake that will eventually destroy society but for now they're here to stay especially mobile computers with built in archaic telephony. So the question is how to improve privacy and control while using computers.
- eimrine 4y ago>> how to eliminate smartphone usage as much as possible. >Eliminating computer usage isn't a valid solution. Computer's promise is to be bicycle for mind. Computer usage does not deserve to be eliminated. Smartphone is something different. For me it feels that the promise of smartphone is to gather all your personal data which is possible.
- safety1st 4y agoThe solution is easy. You purchase a general purpose computer and use it. A smartphone is not a general computer, it's more of an appliance, and correspondingly Android and iOS have a variety of limitations. A smartphone is also not something you really need to use a lot to get by in life -- sure, it adds a lot of convenience, but almost everything it does can be replaced by a dumbphone and a general purpose computer. Personally I still use one but if I find myself using it for anything other than calls, texts or food delivery apps I usually set it down and walk over to my Linux PC where I can do it equally well.