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- Embed this noticesee?, that's one of the tricks: the overall huge loss is a sum total of many many many small things that, looked at individually, may seem not worth fighting for, and some larger things that are disguised so people don't take them into account
consider all the things you could do with a pocket device that didn't take your freedom away for the benefit of their business, whether to sell you things you could make or others could make for you at lower prices; to gather data about you and sell to others or use to their own advange; to influence you in your future choices for their benefit?
consider all the thoughts you could have had if you weren't permanently exposed to the brain-rotting influence of dopamine-addictive programs and networks that keep you hooked, entertained, distracted, and busy, while stealing your time and attention and exposing you to ads and toxic propaganda?
you might even have come to this realization already if this black mirror offered opportunities for reflection. but unless you're trolling me with these questions, it would seem that you're completely unaware of all the harm and losses you experience because of the bundling of harmful exploitative techniques with desirable features
and I haven't even got to the darker sides of surveillance capitalism, with their ill effects on privacy, freedom, and other human rights