Personally it feels like any new development always comes with a "and also your data" notice attached to it. That sucks. That sucks a lot. As the article point

Personally it feels like any new development always comes with a "and also your data" notice attached to it. That sucks. That sucks a lot. As the article points out, there is this feeling of no longer being in control. That we used to buy technology that benefited us, that changed our lives, now a days mostly everything feels either derivative and incremental or coming out as a sort of double blade product. I mean, people love to shit on Tiktok but... it's a great product, it's extremely fun, if only it didn't come with the whole "but it might literally be a government weapon" attachment and even if this wasn't the case it might also come with a "but we kind of just want to monetize every aspect of it". It's just... tiring. Some devices that I've found to be really comforting are music players (that you can install rockbox in them), small portable chinese consoles (that you can also install custom firmware on them) and e-readers (that I also install custom firmware in them). I guess... I like being in control, a little bit. I like the tinkering culture, I like that alternative life. In any case, this article was pretty good, thanks for sharing it.