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> you can either be free or be lazy. You can't be both. Absolutes and dichotomies make appealing phrasings, but rarely in life is anything that cut and dry.
by Eisenstein 3y ago
> you can either be free or be lazy. You can't be both.
Absolutes and dichotomies make appealing phrasings, but rarely in life is anything that cut and dry.
- ccppurcell 3y agoI think it would be fair to say: there's (often) a trade off between freedom and laziness. From there it follows that, in such situations, you cannot be both maximally free and maximally lazy.
- Eisenstein 3y agoRegarding what? People a hundred years ago would say that we are all lazy because we have robotic vacuums and dishwashers and we spend most of our lives on our ass. Everything is a matter of perspective, and that's why neat sounding phrases that try and distill complicated things into if else statements are misleading.
- sixdimensional 3y agoWhatever it is, I’m pretty sure it all takes hard work/effort. Which App Store would we say is the “open” one? I don’t know that one truly exists.. and I feel confident it would be hard work to make such a thing (but it might be worth it).
- Eisenstein 3y ago> Which App Store would we say is the “open” one? I don’t know that one truly exists.. and I feel confident it would be hard work to make such a thing (but it might be worth it). There is none, and no matter how much you aren't lazy, you can't have one because Apple won't let you. Which is why that statement 'be free or be lazy' is nonsense.
- sixdimensional 3y agoI haven’t read the details of US vs Apple [1] (only recently heard about it), but presumably this may be part of it? [1] https://www.theverge.com/24107581/doj-v-apple-antitrust-monoply-news-updates https://www.theverge.com/24107581/doj-v-apple-antitrust-mono...