I’m not an economist, but this is probably technically true

Why does everything have to be such a fucking scam?

I don’t want to come off as some sort of luddite, but tech is starting to become dreadful rather than exciting. It’s less “what cool things can we do” and more “how can govs and corpos surveil, control, and extract more money from everyone.”

It’s difficult to pin an exact time, but (aside from medical advances) I would say that technology peaked about 10 years ago in terms of advancements still representing a benefit to the average person. “Advancements” since then have been getting increasingly detrimental.

Sometimes buying yourself time is a valid strategy, as long as you understand that it is only a delay and not permanent.

This is true for any company using 3rd party services.

It’s like when a streamer / content-creator gets “deplatformed” from whatever service and they had put all their eggs in that basket.

VR could have been something cool, but I’m steering clear of it…

Also, the lack of standards doesn’t help. I won’t buy a VR until they have a common standard the way that monitors do. Yes, I know it might be a very long wait.

I’d not recommend it to anyone who can’t tell the difference between “wifi” and “internet”.

This is such a pet peeve of mine.

Good, maybe I won’t have to see this a$$hole’s face in articles and such anymore.

Windows are even easier.

I’m American and don’t trust U.S. firms with data.

To be clear, I also don’t trust Chinese firms.