> "Agh, this is soooo terrible, but I'm going to keep using it!" just means, in practice, it's not that terrible.
I don't think this is the only conclusion here.
I think we should acknowledge just how central personal computing devices are in society in 2021. Sure, it's true that humanity survived without them, but at that time, societal norms were drastically different. Removing tech from daily life today can be crippling, and that's part of what makes some of these issues so terrible. They directly threaten our daily lives.
I'd argue that it's possible for the thing to be "very terrible", and to conclude that it's still your only option to continue using the Apple/Google ecosystem.
- Not all users have the financial means to switch. The iPhone they own is the one phone they'll buy for the next 3-4 years.
- A growing number of users have only an iDevice and no standalone PC. Couple this with #1, and things get even more difficult.
- The utility afforded by the Apple ecosystem is high enough (or virtually required depending on one's job) that it outweighs the current set of downsides.
If a corner store owner pays a weekly fee to the local gang "for protection", it doesn't necessarily follow that because the owner chooses to pay the fee, the extortion must not be soooo terrible.
I don't think this is the only conclusion here.
I think we should acknowledge just how central personal computing devices are in society in 2021. Sure, it's true that humanity survived without them, but at that time, societal norms were drastically different. Removing tech from daily life today can be crippling, and that's part of what makes some of these issues so terrible. They directly threaten our daily lives.
I'd argue that it's possible for the thing to be "very terrible", and to conclude that it's still your only option to continue using the Apple/Google ecosystem.
- Not all users have the financial means to switch. The iPhone they own is the one phone they'll buy for the next 3-4 years.
- A growing number of users have only an iDevice and no standalone PC. Couple this with #1, and things get even more difficult.
- The utility afforded by the Apple ecosystem is high enough (or virtually required depending on one's job) that it outweighs the current set of downsides.
If a corner store owner pays a weekly fee to the local gang "for protection", it doesn't necessarily follow that because the owner chooses to pay the fee, the extortion must not be soooo terrible.