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   寮 (ryo@social.076.ne.jp)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Aug-2022 08:36:46 JST 寮

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   @wrongthink https://wrongthink.neocities.org/posts/i-feel-like-a-time-traveler/
   
   I kept up with developments of the web, because I'm a web developer, so I have to to some extend, but never used my real name or photo online, never use emoji unless it makes sense to use them, never went with the 1 minute "let's turn JewTube into a TikTok clone" meme (not to mention that I got kicked off from JewTube long before they started this meme).
   
   Honestly, I did store files online for a while, but that was on a NextCloud server that I hosted myself, and I took it down as I got myself a NAS, so now I just have no reason to use NextCloud anymore.
   
   Also, the whole Javascriptification, Discordification, and Cuckflarification of the entire internet is what incentivized me to re-explore the old internet and Fedi (technically imageboards, matome sites, and BBS too, but I never left those), which is far more pleasant to use.
   No idea why zoomers and most millenials refuse to explore the old internet too.
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     寮 (ryo@social.076.ne.jp)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Aug-2022 09:08:37 JST 寮

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     @wrongthink Also, here in Japan if you refuse to have a smartphone with you at all times, you're seen as if you came from a different universe.
     You can still do most stuff without having one just fine (even online banking doesn't require a smartphone (yet)), but not having a smartphone here is still a very alien concept.
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     [Burn] (burn@social.076.ne.jp)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Aug-2022 11:09:37 JST [Burn]

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     @ryo @wrongthink What if you use a flip phone instead? Aren't flip phones safe?
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     寮 (ryo@social.076.ne.jp)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Aug-2022 11:13:40 JST 寮

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     @Burn @wrongthink They run off an outdated version of a proprietary Android AOSP base with spyware provided by the manufacturer (though Goolag seems to be absent), and they're even more locked down than an iPhone too.
     I have 2 of those, so I know.
     
     But even if you somehow liberate them, you'll still have the problems of them having a cellular modem, anthenna's for WiFi, Bluetooth, TV tuner, and NFC or FeliCa, a microphone, a camera, motion sensors, GPS, and all the other stuff that make all phones fundamentally problematic in the first place.
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     Wrongthink (wrongthink@cdrom.tokyo)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Aug-2022 12:14:25 JST Wrongthink

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     @ryo This girl, who is a tech normie as best I can discern, produced a really decent overview of what she calls “the indie web” to introduce gen Z and millennial neophytes: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=rTSEr0cRJY8 It is a bit neocities centric but that kind of content is the thing that can draw eyes over to the fact that a non-corporate, less centralized web is alive and well.

     Also, here in Japan if you refuse to have a smartphone with you at all times

     By whom? Businesses? It’s saddening that the default assumed state is now phone ownership. One of my own observations from this side of things: My bank automatically set everyone up with online banking a few years ago. Ever since I refused, they’ve been charging fees for paper statement deliveries and constantly advertising just what a headache I’d be saving if only I would just switch. But that’s not happening any time soon. I’ve had stores ask me about installing their apps to save a percentage on purchase, to which I’ve learned it is faster to just lie to them “my phone is broken” than to explain each and every time that I don’t even own one.

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     Udon (udon@social.076.ne.jp)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Aug-2022 13:38:22 JST Udon

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     @wrongthink @ryo
     > By whom? Businesses? It’s saddening that the default assumed state is now phone ownership.
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     Udon (udon@social.076.ne.jp)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Aug-2022 13:43:34 JST Udon

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     > By whom? Businesses? It’s saddening that the default assumed state is now phone ownership.
     I can understand this very well after Covid. Using a smartphone prevents you from getting Covid, at least this is what people believe when they are looking for a Covid tracking app. (Taking a step further, is better than doing nothing.)
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     寮 (ryo@social.076.ne.jp)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Aug-2022 15:50:49 JST 寮

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     > By whom? Businesses?
     Businesses and soyciety as a whole.
     My friends are now used to it, but first time I went to meet up in real life, they were absolutely shocked to learn that I didn't have a phone with me.
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Aug-2022 15:53:42 JST 翠星石

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     @ryo >if you refuse to have a smartphone with you at all times, you're seen as if you came from a different universe.
     That's sadly most countries on this proprietary planet.
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     寮 (ryo@social.076.ne.jp)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Aug-2022 15:55:40 JST 寮

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     @udon @wrongthink They were pretty load on COCOA (the covAIDS tracking crapp by the government) for a while here, but thankfully nobody actually used it.