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[–] serenissi@lemmy.world 35 points 1 day ago (2 children)

IMO the only reason tech world can be authoritarian is people's negligence. Otherwise even if all major brands produce unhackable locked down hardware, people could boycott those and buy the one obscure open device (like pine64) and market force will force big names to revert.

Corporations do not have power by themselves. People refusing to think and understand gives them power. Same applies to mainstream politics.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago

They have money which means they advertise which influences peoples decisions. As much as some people might deny it ads work.

[–] drspawndisaster@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 day ago (2 children)

So unless I can convince my mom to install Firefox we're fucked.

...we're fucked.

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 4 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Unless you can convince them to get out of the 'surveillance for free stuff' market then they're fucked, not everyone.

You can choose to use free and open source software and sped time learning and putting together a system that benefits you. Or you can just sign up for Google, let them do all of the work in exchange for spying on you with every device that you buy and put in your house.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago

I'm fucked either way. Big corporations control so much of the internet devices the chances are my stuff is going to them anyway.

[–] serenissi@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

yes. also your friends, not only mom.

(/s aside, most people of younger generations don't care as well, not only elderly less tech literate folks)

We are soooo fucked.