I'm worried that in the future we will be forced to use smartphones just like in China - eviltoast

In China, you can’t exist without a smartphone, because for all existential things you have to do (paying bills, buying tickets etc.) , you are forced to use the almighty wechat app. Smartphones are a tool to manipulate and to spy on the population. It is a tool utilized by the ruling class, to control the masses. I hate the future and I hate “progress”.

  • Korkki@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    In some applications centralisation is the only feasible solution. Decentralisation and cynical fear of centralisation is never the excuse to create and accept shit.

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      1 year ago

      We live in the age of information. Data is power. So centralization of data is centralization of power. I prefer the power to be distributed a bit more equally than it is nowadays.

      I agree that sometimes centralization is the only feasible solution. But those cases should be kept to a minimum, regulated and closely monitored