• veni_vedi_veni@lemmy.world
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    Maybe if any of the good features coming out today wasn’t paired with the monkey’s paw that is:

    • it’s behind an app
    • it’s a subscription service
    • it’s planned obsolescence
    • I can actually fix it with third party vendors
    • it’s selling your data

    Maybe then consumers would actually get excited by new developments. All these trends are doing is turning the new generations into luddites.

    • MousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.world
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      I love it when people are called “Luddites” for hating the enshittified tech because guess what? The OG Luddites weren’t actually “Luddites”, either. They weren’t afraid of progress per se, but its use against the average person. Unfortunately, the propaganda against them worked too well.