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Introduce cutting edge tech to the masses, claiming it will usher in a new era of connection, convenience and utility.
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Firmly entrench that tech into every corner of modern society so that most day-to-day activities SUPPOSEDLY cannot be done without it.
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Slowly tighten the screws by removing user agency and freedom while raising prices.
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Become obscenely wealthy from an entire generation of locked-in consumers who think they have no choice but to submit to your control over their lives.
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Wash, rinse and repeat.
And yet none of my friends and family can see this blatantly right in front of them. Have people gotten stupider ? Its as obvious as the sun being hot.
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I don’t want to laugh about this. I am seriously freaking out at the idea of using the built-in apps instead of the open source equivalents. Calculator with Internet access? Camera app with ads before I click? Browser that spies on me no matter what searches I perform? No thank you.
The issue is that the masses will use the out of the box functionality and not think much of it. Most normal users don’t mind that they can only pull from official app stores, and like the idea that this system is more secure. If everyone who didn’t like this change stopped using the platform entirely, they would still have enough customers to maintain profitability.
and like the idea that this system is more secure.
*The false claim
https://www.bitdefender.com/en-gb/blog/labs/malicious-google-play-apps-bypassed-android-security
Convenience usually wins until it doesn’t.
Looking at the bigger picture, that convenience was manufactured from the start.
Isn’t all convenience manufactured?
Well literally speaking everything is manufactured.
No
