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1. Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Monday, 09-Jan-2023 19:44:08 JST Aral Balkan

   • SuperDicq

   @SuperDicq My point is that when the technologies are essential, you’re no longer voting with your wallet. You’re voting with your quality of life, with self-isolation, with disconnecting yourself from the benefits because of artificial externalities introduced by Silicon Valley psychopaths chasing unicorns on a venture-capital high.

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Monday, 09-Jan-2023 19:47:24 JST Aral Balkan

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     • SuperDicq

     @SuperDicq (Furthermore, government surveillance and corporate surveillance aren’t mutually exclusive. To quote Bruce Schneier, “The NSA didn't wake up and say, ‘Let's just spy on everybody.’ They looked up and said, ‘Wow, corporations are spying on everybody. Let's get ourselves a copy.’”)

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Monday, 09-Jan-2023 20:04:37 JST Aral Balkan

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     • SuperDicq

     @SuperDicq I meant live in a “Google Home” – a home built with Google integrated. And perhaps without a way to turn it off (without increasing your insurance premiums, for example). A few years ago a company in Sweden was looking in manufacturing such “Smart Homes.”

     What do you do when your street comes with Google (or X or Y) integrated.

     When your pacemaker does?

     These aren’t that far fetched.

     But yes, the car example works today. There’s a reason I’d never buy a Volvo, for example.

   • SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Monday, 09-Jan-2023 20:04:38 JST SuperDicq

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     @aral@mastodon.ar.al Ah, then they were just bad examples because I didn't get that point at all.
     
     If you have Google Home connected equipment in your home you can easily replace it with local network only Home Assistant or something like that. No need to limit where you live, it's a vote with your wallet situation.
     
     Also lenses work the same way. A future where regular glasses or lenses no longer exist as an alternative to digital lenses that spy on you seems very unlikely, especially considering how relatively simple it is to manufacture regular prescription glasses.
     
     I actually think the automotive example you mentioned is actually the best one you mentioned. Literally all modern cars have spying features that are similar to Tesla today, the only alternative right is now is to buy an older vehicle, which are of course only in limited supply as they are no longer being made.