#and refuses to upgrade. but. apparently tech obsolescence works even for the Customizable Privacy Forward stuff | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

neuromantis · 10 months ago

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why does every tech company, soft or hard, nowadays insists on blackboxing their users?

i know why, it's a rhetorical question.

but i know my phone has the function, the os on it allows for it's use. but i also have to do research for hours on practically unusable even with plugins search engins to find out which exact third-party app to install and which buttons to click to access my PHONE'S BASIC OUT-OF-THE-BOX functionality??

tech literacy is truly and well dead, killed by everyone, from no-name chinese app developers, to big names like apple and google.

i want my privacy options in plain view. i also want basic bare-bone tech functionality in plain view.

#and i tell people the bare minimum they have to do to make their tech usable and experiences pleasant #and they act like i am some type of a MASTER HACKER #i am sorry i grew up in the era where your experience was designed by YOU and not someone who decided that YOU ARE DUMB #and you don't have to know this shit and you'll never even be able to use it any way without jumping through so many hoops #in other news i even had to jump through hoops to install firefox on my gf's pc because she has an older machine with win7 #and refuses to upgrade. but. apparently tech obsolescence works even for the Customizable Privacy Forward stuff #on the plus side - i did that and there's one more firefox user #who thinks i am some goddamn genius hacker for just installing an older version of the browser not supported on the website anymore???#when did installing a widely-available program and plug-ins for it become a Hacker activity?

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