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We own the hardware, but not the experience anymore — Big Tech keeps building smarter, more connected devices, but the user experience feels more intrusive, more confusing, and less human (www.windowscentral.com)
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The line between helpful tech and quiet surveillance is blurring — and our devices no longer feel fully under our control.

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[-] scripthook@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

People just need to install lubuntu or some Linux distribution on their pc. Tech companies for years have forced consumer upgrades for average pc users when it wasn’t necessary.

I have a photo company in my town that still ruins dos off of windows 95 and has internet for email on windows 2000s for their point of sale machines is all dos. Even dot matrix printers. I was born in 1984 and remember this. Shows you don’t need the latest tech

[-] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

That's great for the folks who have access to decades-old pre-enshittification technology and the means to maintain it, but what about everybody else?

Continuing my smart TV OS analogy, your answer is like saying just to use a dumb TV instead. There aren't any dumb TVs anymore! The TV manufacturer cartel colluded to quit making them!

"Just go live in the fucking woods like the goddamn Unabomber, eschewing modern technology" is not a valid solution for normal people! The law must be changed to protect them from predatory abusive corporations.

[-] deleted@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

A modern tv without internet connection is a dump tv.

[-] unphazed@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

Eh, the printers should be swapped for laserjet to save money and ears. I don't even know where one could buy paper for dot matrix printers either.

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