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Comment by techteach00

2 days ago

I agree with this. The general population is hopeless, they will hand literally anything away for the least amount of friction. They are also profoundly ignorant.

The solution should be to provide the tools necessary to preserve as much agency using technology to people who want to. You should also keep in mind the middle tier technical people who need a bit of hand holding. But do not waste your time on the general public because they don't share or comprehend your goals.

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erikerikson  2 days ago

No, they calculate in the fact of that lack of control into their purchase decision. They mostly didn't want that control in the first place. They just want to _______, for many things you can fill in the blank, including things like look good, appear classy, get high, get laid...

  • techteach00  2 days ago

    I respectfully disagree with "they calculate in the fact of that lack of control into their purchase decision".

    The average person is not calculating anything but price, is it what everyone else is using, is it new etc. Very low level calculations. They aren't asking "can I install applications from outside the app store?". Etc.

    • timacles  2 days ago

      The average person is also being constantly manipulated to believe things which are actively nefarious are actually good for them.

      I don’t know if we can blame the average person when there is an entire class of people which have almost limitless resources, knowledge and means to execute their agenda. At some point we have to accept we are fighting against an evil and powerful enemy. And that the masses are high succeptible

      It’s like being mad at the characters in lord of the rings for succumbing to the rings powers

    • erikerikson  2 days ago

      Hrrm. It seems your original comment has been heavily edited.

      > They aren't asking "can I install applications from outside the app store?"

      I agree. They don't want to. They already can't begin to evaluate app trustworthiness and don't want to have to. And they shouldn't have to. Yet they live in a world where they do. So they lean on reputation, app store filtering, the legal system, and hope.

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