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The developed world is increasingly forcing people to use incompetently designed technology. The #digitalTransformation movement is being forced onto people.

Just like we cannot rely on the public sector to solve the climate crisis, we also cannot rely on the public sector to deploy well-designed privacy-respecting inclusive technology. We always need an analog option.

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For All That Is Good About Humankind, Ban Smartphones (jacobin.com)

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geteilt von: https://slrpnk.net/post/23278154

Smartphones are making us unhealthy, miserable, antisocial, and less free. If we can’t yet nationalize the attention economy, maybe it’s time to abolish its primary tool — before it finishes abolishing us.

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[–] evenwicht@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 month ago

I skimmed through it and agree with everything up until the idea of a general ban on smartphones. That’s crazy talk. Banning young children from having smartphone access is various circumstances is probably a good idea.

But for adults, I would just be happy with a ban on forcing others to use smartphones. E.g. some banks have closed their doors and shut down their web portal to wholly force all their customers to lick Google’s boots to obtain the bank’s closed-source proprietary app, which then forces chronic phone hardware upgrades. Then people who do not conform to the bank’s demands lose access to their money. That shit should be banned.