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I'm Tired of Pretending Tech is Making the World Better (www.joanwestenberg.com)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Okay counter example, all social media with its black box rightwing feeding rage bait algorithms instead of message boards. It’s all tech, what companies that drive these changes do affects us all in what we can and cannot use. Yes there has been technological progress that’s overall good, but there are many things that are a negative on society. Nobody is blaming the concept of technology… that’s just naive. Obviously the qualm is with the implementation and access to said tech which is necessarily gated and groomed by big corps.

Some more examples:

unsafe touch screens instead of buttons in cars
smart appliances you can’t avoid unless you buy used
forced use of QR codes (stupid levels of unsafe) for payment in what used to be cash businesses

I’m still a big fan of great tech advancement and yes the problem is with companies. Or more precisely, with how much influence these companies have on our choice and access to technologies