eumesmo

joined 2 years ago
[–] eumesmo 6 points 2 years ago

Curiously, I used to work teaching tech-illiterate elderly people how to use computers/phones and they always expected the behavior to be like natural scrolling. Perhaps, it's indeed the natural way...

[–] eumesmo 5 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I think they called it a "step back" in terms of being worse for the environment, because of batteries, etc, while a common bike can be used for years and years without creating additional pollution.

[–] eumesmo 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Those google apps are also the number 1 reason of phones getting slower over time and leading people to buy new ones. Fuck google.

[–] eumesmo 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Its a bit funny how I find that model to be too big. People like me have definitely been abandoned from the market.

But thanks for the recommendation. I ended up grabbing an older model that still works as a low end phone, but I wonder for how long I will be able to use older phones...

[–] eumesmo 2 points 2 years ago

That's so cute >.<

[–] eumesmo 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

If you make it all, and in a small frame, I'm buying right away.

[–] eumesmo 10 points 2 years ago

Me neither. I wonder if that's even true, because i see a lot of people changing tastes with age.

[–] eumesmo 43 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Can't agree more. And the issues go beyond data harvesting. For example, recently, I lost my phone and carried on for a while without it, only to realize we're building a society in which we are slowly losing our citizenship rights if we don't have a phone. I found myself locked out from many things, and having to go so many alternate routes, that I had to get a new phone quickly.

It all happened so subtly, and I saw it happening, but still, it's hard to believe we came to this point without the people manifesting some sort of opposition. I get even more worried about the developing countries, where not everyone can properly afford a phone.

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