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I'm twenty years behind my peers with adopting quite a few things, so I don't think I'm all talk. Not really sure how to prove it, though

kleiba 2y ago
No need to prove it. Is this specificially because of doubts about the privacy implications?
- bravetraveler 2y ago
  Apologies, poor joke around 'proving a negative' in a sense :P My delay with a lot of these things could be related to privacy implications, but really, it's mostly autonomy. A lot of what's sold/offered has become depdendency forming. Either fairly obviously as a subscription, or more nefariously, a constant drip of feel-good chemicals. Behind all of this, no need is really serviced, so I consider a lot of it twisted rent-seeking 'opportunity cost'. I realize this is nearing Marxist talk or something, but there hasn't been some life-changing invention that's caught my interest since the desktop computer. I've bought/sold several laptops without using them. My phone is on life support. If not for the occasional trip, I wouldn't even be eyeing a flip phone/burner. I'd go off-grid like it's 1995 but occasionally 'dial in' on a land line. My thesis, really, is this: it's everything else that's making me this way. Reaction to overwhelming loudness! There's a lot of PR about this stuff, but I think it's rooted in reality. Privacy/autonomy are related and I'm not smart enough to split the difference :D
  - kleiba 2y ago
    Apologies, poor joke around 'proving a negative' in a sense :P Dang, no, I apologize, my pun detector doesn't work at the weekend. I can relate to a lot of your reasoning, I would probably even cancel my internet at home if it wasn't for close relatives that live abroad. It would become a lot harder to stay in touch. But, like you say, this is not so much related to privacy as it is to other concerns.

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I'm twenty years behind my peers with adopting quite a few things, so I don't think I'm all talk. Not really sure how to prove it, though

by bravetraveler 2y ago

kleiba 2y ago
No need to prove it. Is this specificially because of doubts about the privacy implications?
- bravetraveler 2y ago
  Apologies, poor joke around 'proving a negative' in a sense :P My delay with a lot of these things could be related to privacy implications, but really, it's mostly autonomy. A lot of what's sold/offered has become depdendency forming. Either fairly obviously as a subscription, or more nefariously, a constant drip of feel-good chemicals. Behind all of this, no need is really serviced, so I consider a lot of it twisted rent-seeking 'opportunity cost'. I realize this is nearing Marxist talk or something, but there hasn't been some life-changing invention that's caught my interest since the desktop computer. I've bought/sold several laptops without using them. My phone is on life support. If not for the occasional trip, I wouldn't even be eyeing a flip phone/burner. I'd go off-grid like it's 1995 but occasionally 'dial in' on a land line. My thesis, really, is this: it's everything else that's making me this way. Reaction to overwhelming loudness! There's a lot of PR about this stuff, but I think it's rooted in reality. Privacy/autonomy are related and I'm not smart enough to split the difference :D
  - kleiba 2y ago
    Apologies, poor joke around 'proving a negative' in a sense :P Dang, no, I apologize, my pun detector doesn't work at the weekend. I can relate to a lot of your reasoning, I would probably even cancel my internet at home if it wasn't for close relatives that live abroad. It would become a lot harder to stay in touch. But, like you say, this is not so much related to privacy as it is to other concerns.