• HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    I would also argue we lived in a pre-9/11 world.

    It us shocking how much the world changed in response for the sake of security and safety, and I know it’s a controversial take but the terrorists succeed in changing the world to their image.

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      5 months ago

      Before: wow, this new thing is literally 4 times faster with a fuckload of features.

      After : wow, this new thing allows 800 companies, fifty countries and 2 superpowers to spy on me at the same time and has 4 times the bloatware!

      And all the alternatives do the same thing!