I wonder if someone breaking it and collecting insurance money from it would end up being the preferred option over selling it.
stardust
joined 2 years ago
Sounds like attitude of wage slaves that have been brainwashed into doing everything for the corpos and being fine with getting scrap. They live to work as opposed to work to live.
Can't change the slave mentality of some people. They were just born to be one.
I just want dumb appliances that stay dumb and don't need no ai or app shit.
And I want OS that just launch and download programs I click without account login requirements and ai shit trying to be my dumb shit buddy.
No eat your own eggs. You don't deserve European eggs.
I use the old.reddit.com/r/subreddit+subreddit1 bookmark approach to get a reddit feed without relying on reddit account for a subscription on desktop browser.
And on Android I use Stealth from F-Droid which is an app that lets you subscribe locally, save locally, and lets you have different profiles with different subscriptions. And it is account free with no way to log in.
Moving to primarily lurking is the route I've taken.
Another thing is virustotal is a good site for scanning programs before running it, since it'll scan it with every possible virus scanner available.
Windows defender and browsing the web with something ublock origin to block ads is sufficient. And just having virustotal scan a program before running it will protect you from most stuff.
If you do insist on a third party virus scanner then eset is one I used to use for years before sticking with defender. It is from Slovakia.
Avast had privacy violations.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/did-avast-sell-your-data-heres-how-to-get-a-piece-of-the-ftc-settlement
Windows defender is good enough if you are on Windows.
Lemmy.ca is a nice instance if you are looking for one that blocks those instances. The fascists were here before people from reddit started moving over, but as people started coming over that aspect started getting diluted. Now you just have to choose an instance that doesn't federate with them.
Suing people for not buying tesla stock and suing those who sell it.
We are exposed to the same material as the people who choose to believe them. We aren't anymore special or smart than anyone else when it comes to material we have available or see when people smarter than us like doctors can choose to believe it.
You say take money out of politics and I agree, but money is currently in politics and these type of talks of education while true are not effective enough in a system that has money in politics. And social media is currently run by oligarchs. These type of changes will take decades to undo. Education alone is not enough to combat the problem right now.
And as you said dumb people were dumb before, but what has drastically changed is what dumb people in masses choose to believe leading to an increase uptick in harm to society. First it was flat earth people laughed about. Then antivax and now support of dictators.
People keep underestimating the power of disinformation and how quickly it takes root, but how even harder it is to deprogram.
You'd fit right in working for Facebook.
Fuck DRM