ICE
chilling effects
I can’t decide whether I’d prefer this were intentional or not.
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In my day we could run any damn .exe file we wanted to, no motherfucker got to say you’re not allowed to install it.
We need a better distribution model for mobile apps.
some warn of chilling effects
Man, our media has completely failed us. Constant sanewashing of the most insane fascist shit imaginable
Surely we could do this with web apps and cut out google/apple’s say in the matter.
People have been trained to ONLY use apps on their phones. “Websites are for computers.”
Yep. Our payroll company didn’t have a mobile app, just our website, which worked just fine on mobile. When we signed up a new client, the employees didn’t know what to do without an app. Told a manager I’d be glad to show them how to put a shortcut on the home screen. “You, uh, don’t understand these people, that will just confuse them.”
Which was a polite way of saying, “They’re dumber than shit.” Which was true. A good portion of the staff couldn’t read and struggled with the online application forms. Best part? These illiterate folks were newspaper employees.
I mean, websites are often shit on mobile on purpose to encourage people to download the app.
So that the company can access obscene amounts of data from your phone sensors, other installed apps, wifi networks, etc and sell that to data brokers… who then sell that info to ICE so ICE can find you easier 🤔. Wait…
People are idiots, but some are able to learn.
