how do you get around using navigation. that was the only reason that prevented me from turning off location permanently.
But offering something to the public for free for years and once they make an essential useful place in the society, using their position as ransom to extract money is still unethical in my eyes. e.g. If Reddit was going to be a paid service from the beginning, this would not have happened. They only shove their advertisement and dark patterns ridden app when they have gotten their users addicted. Same thing with Youtube, Gmail and other services. Reaching critical mass and then using their market position to extract money or selling data.
Enshittification is defined as the phenomenon of online platforms gradually degrading the quality of their services, often by promoting advertisements and sponsored content, in order to increase profits. [1]Enshittification has emerged as a viable business strategy because companies have realized that the value they offer is big enough that it prevents them from being shunned at large.e.g....
If someone is able to get over the steep learning curve, having vim bindings on your fingertips is awesome.
Browser fingerprinting is how they are able to track you across the internet despite having no connection with facebook.
One way to fix this to stop your PC from communicating with any facebook servers.
- Firefox provides an extension for this.
There must be other methods that I am not aware of but if anybody knows.
- Nobody is forcing me to use youtube, but youtube has years of collection of important tutorials and educational material.
- Nobody is forcing me to use facebook (and its products) but fb has gathered users over the years that forces me to use the product in order to remain a part of the social sphere. Kids feeling left out in high-school because of not using instagram is an example.
- Nobody is forcing me to use Netflix, but if I want to watch the trendy movie that my friends are talking about, I do not have a choice.
If you see the pattern, tech companies by the virtue of their money have created a social effect where they might not "force" me to use their product but I have to use it if I wish to remain a part of the society.
It is difficult to swim upstream and the companies by the virtue of their deep pockets have shifted the flow that helps them make the most money.
1. Data Privacy - They will try to find every possible way to sell your data and not get noticed.
2. Depleting Mental Health - They will try to find every possible way to keep you engaged on the platform. That is often done by algorithmically promoting content that inspires extreme emotions in you. Emotions such as anger, jealousy, lust etc. That is not healthy for maintaining a good emotional balance.
3. Fake News - They will try to find every possible way to shrug off responsibility for spreading fake news. This affects politics by creating echo chambers, healthcare by preventing people from believing in the correct diagnostics and other areas.
I agree that nobody is stopping you from opening facebook, but facebook is like smoking. Everyone only wants to try it once, and then many fall into the downward spiral.
I was reading somewhere that how resisting facebook and all of facebook products everyday is not possible with the will power reserves that an average human has. This is because he is competing with psychologists and researchers employed by facebook who have been studying human behaviour for years.
I do not have any sources to back my claims. Social Media has personally affected me a lot so I keep reading about the phenomena out of curiosity. Here's one little article that breifly describes what I am talking about. https://medium.com/thrive-global/how-technology-hijacks-peop...
I am a researcher in statistics and data science from university at Buffalo. Just reaching out to see if you have any potential opportunities that I might consider
There are many instances on the internet where google has shutdown accounts of people who had not done anything illegal. They were falsely flagged by Google's AI moreover Google did not provide any human support to resolve the situation.After reading about so many cases like these, it is safe to assume that trusting google with your data is not a good idea.If I lose access to my GMail today I...
I am assuming the market must be saturated with people seeking tech jobs. Is it difficult to get interviews? How have you been since you got laid off?
System76 really seems like a good idea, but one bad experience is enough for me to spend my 1000$ on another brand. Thinkpad has been a much better experience so far
- it keeps me accountable
- it helps me to talk to myself, in a more efficient manner
- it is a good thing to talk to your parents. she feels really nice about it
Before this I used to write in a journal, but I have found this to be much more efficient and has several side benefits.
You can also try finding someone close parents/siblings/friend/sibling etc.
slowest interface ever. songs are impossible to find when playing from a playlist. focus never switched to the music player. no native cast plenty other problems
But your sub-conscious brain being able to link the results with the efforts is not a precondition to start working. It only facilitated the process, and does not act as a deciding factor.