All of that to just give up and offer none of the practical advice that already exists to address many of the issues.
Imagine the article were discussing human relations, pointed out all of these problems, and ended with "yeah, idk, revolution I guess" instead of concrete actions every single reader can take to improve their own lives.
>just as we don’t fix climate change by individually eschewing plastic straws, we don’t fix our smartphones’ designed-in lack of trust by individually trying to spend a bit less time on Twitter.
Is such a copout. The suggestion is that everyone should just continue to suffer until some unknown future in which the government fixes it for us? If you believe plastic straws are harming your life, you find an alternative while campaigning for change. If you believe your phone is spying on you, you make it stop while campaigning for change.
krapp•28m ago
Cool. How would you make your phone stop spying on you, right now?
Presumably you still need to use it, so simply turning it off and throwing it out and never using a smartphone again isn't an option. So how you you keep using your phone while making it stop spying on you?
goodmythical•34m ago
Imagine the article were discussing human relations, pointed out all of these problems, and ended with "yeah, idk, revolution I guess" instead of concrete actions every single reader can take to improve their own lives.
>just as we don’t fix climate change by individually eschewing plastic straws, we don’t fix our smartphones’ designed-in lack of trust by individually trying to spend a bit less time on Twitter.
Is such a copout. The suggestion is that everyone should just continue to suffer until some unknown future in which the government fixes it for us? If you believe plastic straws are harming your life, you find an alternative while campaigning for change. If you believe your phone is spying on you, you make it stop while campaigning for change.
krapp•28m ago
Presumably you still need to use it, so simply turning it off and throwing it out and never using a smartphone again isn't an option. So how you you keep using your phone while making it stop spying on you?