▲ 763 ▼ We own the hardware, but not the experience anymore — Big Tech keeps building smarter, more connected devices, but the user experience feels more intrusive, more confusing, and less human (www.windowscentral.com) submitted 10 months ago by throws_lemy@reddthat.com to c/technology@lemmy.world 155 comments fedilink hide all child comments The line between helpful tech and quiet surveillance is blurring — and our devices no longer feel fully under our control.
[+] Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 1 point 10 months ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] grue@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (1 child) Sure, because caring about users' rights is "insane." Because caring about societal effects of (lack of) antitrust and consumer protection law is "insane." Because having an ounce of goddamn self-respect and not wanting to be abused is "insane." No, I don't think I'm insane at all, actually. I think the people incomprehensibly arguing against me in this thread can fuck all the way off with their corporatist simping! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] enumerator4829@sh.itjust.works 1 point 10 months ago I agree with your morals and your end goal. How do you want to fund the development of Open Source? Because currently most of it is funded by corporations, in turn funded by ”corporatist simping”. The expectations of the average user simply can’t be fulfilled by hobbyist developers, and then we need funding. How do we get the Windows user ”John Smith” to personally fork over money to the correct developers? Proton/Wine/KDE would not be in their current state unless they got that sweet proprietary Valve money. In our current world we need to use corporate money to further open source, not fight it. Follow the stream and steer the flow. Given time, we can diversify funding and control. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] grue@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (1 child) Sure, because caring about users' rights is "insane." Because caring about societal effects of (lack of) antitrust and consumer protection law is "insane." Because having an ounce of goddamn self-respect and not wanting to be abused is "insane." No, I don't think I'm insane at all, actually. I think the people incomprehensibly arguing against me in this thread can fuck all the way off with their corporatist simping! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] enumerator4829@sh.itjust.works 1 point 10 months ago I agree with your morals and your end goal. How do you want to fund the development of Open Source? Because currently most of it is funded by corporations, in turn funded by ”corporatist simping”. The expectations of the average user simply can’t be fulfilled by hobbyist developers, and then we need funding. How do we get the Windows user ”John Smith” to personally fork over money to the correct developers? Proton/Wine/KDE would not be in their current state unless they got that sweet proprietary Valve money. In our current world we need to use corporate money to further open source, not fight it. Follow the stream and steer the flow. Given time, we can diversify funding and control. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] enumerator4829@sh.itjust.works 1 point 10 months ago I agree with your morals and your end goal. How do you want to fund the development of Open Source? Because currently most of it is funded by corporations, in turn funded by ”corporatist simping”. The expectations of the average user simply can’t be fulfilled by hobbyist developers, and then we need funding. How do we get the Windows user ”John Smith” to personally fork over money to the correct developers? Proton/Wine/KDE would not be in their current state unless they got that sweet proprietary Valve money. In our current world we need to use corporate money to further open source, not fight it. Follow the stream and steer the flow. Given time, we can diversify funding and control. permalink fedilink source parent