3 ms·
So we pay $400+ for these devices every couple of years. But we don't trust the manufacturers nor the carriers. Some are paranoid that they're tracking every de
by switch007 13y ago
So we pay $400+ for these devices every couple of years. But we don't trust the manufacturers nor the carriers. Some are paranoid that they're tracking every detail and transmitting at every opportunity.
Yet we continue to buy them?
Seeing the picture of the phone in the case, I can't help but think that this is a rather ridiculous state of affairs. If we don't like being tracked, if we don't trust them and if they breach our privacy, why don't we stop using/buying them?
- mindslight 13y agoReread your Kaczynski.
- switch007 13y agoWhat are you trying to say?
- mindslight 13y agoNew technologies are like ratchets. When they become commonplace, it's extremely hard to not participate. Cars were a luxury in 1908, but today (except for a few dense areas), they're a basic necessity. It's certainly possible to not have a mobile phone, it's just not ever going to be a very popular choice.
- andrewljohnson 13y agoSome would ask why we keep using electricity and fossil fuels, when we know we're running out of energy. The answer is that we think we'll arrive at a solution for energy before we run out of oil. And the reason we keep using cellphones is because we believe we'll fix the privacy issues before we become enslaved. Boycotting cellphones would just be boycotting a symptom anyways. Governments have always been corrupted to spy on citizens, every government ever, through any means necessary.
- ars 13y ago> when we know we're running out of energy. This is a side note, but we're not running out of energy, we have enough for at least 10,000 to 100,000 years (depending on the rate of energy use increase). And that is NOT including solar - just nuclear.
- saraid216 13y agoIf anything demonstrates failure of the marketplace, it's that people this stupid have the money to shell out for things like this.