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Draghetta@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Funny how this is supposed to be absurd - upside down duck, cake, “bizarro” and all - but it’s actually pretty accurate. So many products out there that require you to download their shitty spyware in order to do the things they are supposed to do.
SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 1 year ago
If you buy garbage products you get garbage products. That’s on you.
CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
Yep. Until you can’t find non-garbage products anymore because 95% of everyone else is dumb enough to fall for it.
InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I was just making this point with a laissez faire capitalism coworker. Bro just cannot understand the invisible hand is very often wrong.
CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
That’s funny to hear. I’d actually say this kind of thing is unusual, and people do know what’s in their own best interest the vast majority of the time. If you genuinely want to buy MDMA or rent a toothbrush, I’d say you should probably be allowed to, so in that way I’m in the picture. I’m not neatly in any political camp, though.
pimento64@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
For example, try buying a television in a retail store that doesn’t have “smart” features at all, just inputs, outputs, and a digital tuner.
Turret3857@infosec.pub 1 year ago
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CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
If I buy a new car, I’m going to have to figure out how to lobotomise it. At the very least, you should be able to mess up or cage any transmitters.
I have no idea if that’s possible without taking the whole thing apart, though.