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Article: I didn't care about a corporation restricting people's freedom until it hurt me.

Comments: Its not the corporation, its the government. Its not the corporation, its just the way things are. Its ok the corporation restricts freedom, everything is a tradeoff and everyone does this. Gollygee I hope this gets better.

real elevating curious conversation here /s that never self reflects, is our culture of software making the world worse? will one day our intentional naivety around power fail to protect us from that truth?

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Software when done right is magical. What about the times that the software helped people?

No thats not what we're talking about.

Please elaborate on the times when a large institution restricted peoples freedom for their "own good." The history of this is extremely clear. Software being involved is just an obscuring detail.

Most corporate stuff is a mixed bad. They usually have to do some good things or they wouldn't exist. Apple for example.

> Gollygee I hope this gets better

It's not. I'm not a history buff so I won't speak for the past. But right now there is a huge accountability problem.

Government literally can't exist without ignoring accountability.

Corporations are incentivised to ignore accountability.

Individuals want to ignore accountability.

You only have control over yourself. If you want your life to go better then you have to take the accountability.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket, have backups, understand how the things you participate in work. Ask questions like "why would this be free".

It's a long road for everyone but if you want to be safe and happy you gotta take the solutions into your own hands.

There are real positive tradeoffs made by locking down an os. a phone existing that can’t get bona-fide spyware on it (when kept updated) has saved countless people from the stress and grief of eg being blackmailed or having their private browsing habits made public.

People should be able to buy the phone that fits their needs.

Ah yes people should be able to enter into unequal contracts whenever they want. Because that has traditionally gone well.

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