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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.