@Natanox
I get your point but:
1. it's probably too late
2. I don't think it's as bad as that. Autonomous decentralized systems may be too robust for such threats, and may in fact be needed by those people and entities as much as everyone else, while at the same time leveling the playing field as applications and services move to the more secure, robust systems that protect from hacking, ransomware etc
Either way, while I do avocate politically I think my work helping the tech is key.
@agx
@agx
I kind of agree w/ @happyborg, but that somewhat assumes corps are not influenced by feedback that reflects trends. If we are really a tiny group, then indeed we are too negligible to have influence. But we shouldn’t assume they are on the ball with metrics either. They’re probably not paying attention.
I don’t even need an alternative. E.g. there is no bank with a banking app that frees me surveillance capitalist dogshit. So I just go without. I was able to do banking before smartphones & I will continue. I have no reason to convert to a pushover. So far it’s possible to avoid app-only banks.
I personally would have written the open letter this way, addressed to the people--
Dear digital rights advocates,
If you are grabbing apps from #Apple or #Google Playstore, stop. You are disservicing the digital rights movement by feeding the baddies. Have some discipline and self respect.
@digitalRightsNinja @happyborg @Natanox I see even tech savvy people having problems avoiding proprietary app stores and operating systems. And then there's countries where apps are basically the primary payment system.
Many folks are that deep into the problem that they don't even recognize it as one. So even reflection on what's going on will hopefully get us further 😃
@agx
Yes, and we need fewer pushovers in the world. My local banks have already crossed a line whereby I’ve started experimenting with living virtually unbanked. That is, I insist on cash, to the extent that I’ve been dragged into court over it.
We could never reach a point where even less than ~90% of the population are pushovers, but if we could get ~10% of the population to be aware and fighting back, we could make strides.
@happyborg @Natanox