Alberto Cottica

"Your Iphone isn’t an ad-supported gimme. You paid a thousand fucking dollars for that distraction rectangle in your pocket, and you’re still the product. What’s more, Apple has rigged Ios so that you can’t mod the OS to block its spying.

If you’re not paying for the product, you’re the product, and if you are paying for the product, you’re still the product."

Good stuff happens when @pluralistic joins #SOTW2025

https://people.well.com/conf/inkwell.vue/topics/551/Bruce-Sterling-and-Jon-Lebkowsky-page05.html#post106

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Show threadDraken BlackKnightJan 11, 2025
@alberto_cottica @pluralistic
At least you can degoogle an Android device. My Pixels are running @calyxos
Show threadTravis MarbleJan 11, 2025
@alberto_cottica @pluralistic if we had a functional government in the US, I would love for them to require clear disclosures of how companies make money off of a product
Show threadWhisper of ReasonJan 11, 2025
@alberto_cottica @pluralistic I think the solution is very simple: never buy anything from Apple.