Sahwa@reddthat.com to TechnologyEnglish · 2 days 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-square154linkfedilinkarrow-up1778arrow-down111file-textcross-posted to: Betteroffline
arrow-up1767arrow-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 TechnologyEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square154linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: Betteroffline
The line between helpful tech and quiet surveillance is blurring — and our devices no longer feel fully under our control.
minus-square0tan0dlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoIts trains when I travel for me. I am not giving up my tap to pay.
minus-squareReyglelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 day 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-squareSquizzylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 hours agoLimited in terms of value so it is less useful.
minus-square0tan0dlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 day 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-squareReyglelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoBrother/Sister if that is the good fight, I seem to be missing my cape. Happy new year :)
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.
Limited in terms of value so it is less useful.
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 :)