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We can, but why should we?
by xvector 6mo ago
We can, but why should we?
- justonceokay 6mo agoIf your imagination is that anemic then the process is compete.
- whoamii 6mo agoRight? This is no country for old men.
- HotGarbage 6mo agoWhy should we be beholden to the two mega-corporations who control the smartphone market?
- cindyllm 6mo ago[dead]
- xvector 6mo agoYou can certainly get a smartphone from another company and run AOSP. But the problem isn't that this guy didn't want to use a smartphone, it's that he literally has never bothered to learn. Why should society cater to those that literally don't care to learn the essentials?
- duskdozer 6mo agoWhoops! Looks like your device isn't secure. Google Play Protect validation failed.
- pavel_lishin 6mo agoIf you scroll up, there's a link to an example of why at the very top of this page.
- bigstrat2003 6mo agoBecause the future will be very dystopian if we place two tech companies as gatekeepers of everything in life. If Google locks your account and won't help you (which happens!), you don't want that to also take away your ability to bank, go to baseball games, etc.
- xvector 6mo agoIf that is your threat model (it isn't for 99.999% of people), you can set up your own email domain for few bucks a year and it takes 20 minutes. Now no one can debank you and take away your ability to go to baseball games simply by killing your email. But that's not the reason the guy in the video isn't using a smartphone. It's because he literally never bothered to learn or keep up.
- Ucalegon 6mo agoIf you work in an industry that is solely based off of customer delight, stories like these are what you are looking avoid due to brand damage. It is going to cost more time/energy to deal with the backlash than just coming up with a simple solution in the first place.
- sateesh 6mo agoprivacy for one.