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1. The Very Merry Mancow: Christ is King! ✝️ (cowanon@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Apr-2023 01:42:48 JST The Very Merry Mancow: Christ is King! ✝️

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   "I think it's fine to not expect everyone to understand technology in order to use it, but I also think that proprietary technologies intentionally prevent you from being able to understand them and that's harmful."
   
   Quoted for truth.
   
   People like to praise 'smart tech' for being so easy to use that even toddlers can use tablets. But that's not a good thing IMO.
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   • Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Apr-2023 01:46:44 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

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     @cowanon I am of 2 minds. On the one hand, making something hard to use is rarely the goal. On the other a lot of this supposed "smart tech" could be just as easy as it is without syphoning your data. I think aside from building/installing WLED is pretty easy to use, and it runs on esp32s with no need for access to interwebs. Why then do all smart bulbs need to phone home?
     
     I do think there is such a thing as too easy. That is usually somewhere around the point where critical (to me) features are sacrificed for simplicity.