Sahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoWe 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 humanwww.windowscentral.comexternal-linkmessage-square134fedilinkarrow-up1715arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up1705arrow-down1external-linkWe 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 humanwww.windowscentral.comSahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square134fedilinkfile-text
The line between helpful tech and quiet surveillance is blurring — and our devices no longer feel fully under our control.
minus-squareReygle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·10 hours agoLaughs in every computer I own is Linux and my mobile is GrapheneOS Cries a little for everyone else
minus-squareSquizzy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·7 hours agoI switched to gOS and had to go back for NFC payments and auto. It is great to see though, those are just necessities for me. Having gone back, I can say I hate pixel launcher and can’t even change keyboard
minus-squareBeardedBlaze@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·6 hours agoI’m genuinely curious, what makes NFC a necessity? And what do you mean by auto?
minus-square0tan0d@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoIts trains when I travel for me. I am not giving up my tap to pay.
minus-squareReygle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 hours agoI might just be old, but I can do that with my debit and credit cards without involving my phone, so I couldn’t care less.
minus-square0tan0d@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-24 hours agoLifestyle creep is real. I was like you before. Keep fighting the good fight and I will join you once Linux figures out NFC.
minus-squareReygle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoBrother/Sister if that is the good fight, I seem to be missing my cape. Happy new year :)
Laughs in every computer I own is Linux and my mobile is GrapheneOS
Cries a little for everyone else
I switched to gOS and had to go back for NFC payments and auto.
It is great to see though, those are just necessities for me. Having gone back, I can say I hate pixel launcher and can’t even change keyboard
I’m genuinely curious, what makes NFC a necessity? And what do you mean by auto?
Its trains when I travel for me. I am not giving up my tap to pay.
I might just be old, but I can do that with my debit and credit cards without involving my phone, so I couldn’t care less.
Lifestyle creep is real. I was like you before. Keep fighting the good fight and I will join you once Linux figures out NFC.
Brother/Sister if that is the good fight, I seem to be missing my cape. Happy new year :)