The constancy of ads, popups, dark patterns, and general “enshittification” genuinely pushes me towards a Luddite mentality.
As a cybersecurity professional, I enjoy not having any smart devices in my home. It’s not worth the hassle of initial configuration and maintenance, but the peace of mind from reducing impact of inevitable data breaches that reveal just how much telemetry is captured from a simple device is eternally appealing.
Reduce, reuse, recycle; in that order. We must all stop obsessing over the new hot piece of tech that inevitable ends up improperly disposed in landfills.
The profanity in the title is well-applied for the situation, imo.
> 1Password can not fill the web form of the in app browser
everything is enshittified and most of the global economy is just financial engineering
I think it's just mindless, and not in service of any kind of plan.
But that's really unsatisfying, so there's a strong temptation to think there's a plan and look for one. Sort of like the situations that lead to conspiracy theories.
Why do you let other people control your emotions? How is that healthy?
if the economy is collapsing, constant layoffs, stuff getting worse and more expensive, how could I just say everything is fine and ignore reality?
