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Re:Germany bans Facebook from handling WhatsApp data over pr... by the-dude on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @11:21AM (#27131367)
You don't understand. Ordinary people don't understand what a file is, what it can do for them etc.

Result is they can't find them, lose them, don't have backups etc. I have interacted with users who hadn't grasped before they could make folders themselves.

Ask your mother or your sister.

Re:Germany bans Facebook from handling WhatsApp data over pr... by corty on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @12:48PM (#27132369)
Some people are unable to refill the windshield wiper fluid of their car. Some people cannot reattach a button. I think we shouldn't continue to tolerate such incompetence from the general population, or at least charge them an arm and a leg as punishment.

But unfortunately, vendors have caught up and noticed that "an arm and a leg" is lots of money, so if they could just make it a tiny bit harder...

Re:Germany bans Facebook from handling WhatsApp data over pr... by oooooooooooow on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @06:14PM (#27135790)
The plan in motion is, in the name of "making reattaching a button simpler", prevent anyone able to reattach a button on their own from doing it, so the shirt manufacturer makes more bank.

Me being able to freely manipulate my own data according to my capacity has NOTHING to do with providing uninterested/incapable people with tools that hide complexity.

Re:Germany bans Facebook from handling WhatsApp data over pr... by TeMPOraL on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @10:06PM (#27137650)
> Ask your mother or your sister.

Mine can work with files just fine. They teach this stuff in schools over here.