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the narrative the users are helpless is a favorite, for sure. How real is that? Who gains what by simplifying this narrative? How are computers out-of-the-box
by mistrial9 4y ago
the narrative the users are helpless is a favorite, for sure. How real is that? Who gains what by simplifying this narrative? How are computers out-of-the-box experience changing with respect to corporate walled gardens, intrusive monitoring, long-term record keeping, links to government issued ID, corporate parallels to ID, or links to an active payment method?
- pjmlp 4y agoBecause it keeps being validated time and time again, from endless amount of browser bars to cases like this one.
- mistrial9 4y agotry thinking for a minute if you have one thousand users of desktop computers distributed across geography and age groups, and you watch whatever behavior it is that you claim is "it" ... how many of the thousand users show the weakness or lack of care or lack of self-defense.. How many ? four? four hundred? if four hundred users fall for some scammy website using a browser on the internet, you mean to say that every user must have bicycle training wheels and constant adult-supervision monitoring? Do you make money in some business-model that does that?
- phendrenad2 4y agoLazy logic. What if it's 4 million users? You're just assuming the answer you want.
- pjmlp 4y agoSecurity businesses are the ones making money out of recovering exploited users when they cry for help.