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I really can't believe so many people have opted into this world of pain, and on top of that, make it their lives.
It's simple: people have no idea that there's even an alternative. People think that computers, "smart"phones and whatever form of computing device they're using is nothing but an appliance, just like a television.
They have no digital self-consciousness and it's not their fault; I've seen people consistently feel relieved and thankful to me when I show them some new way of lightening their digital life, be it disabling ads in some way or, in general, telling them that there's an alternative to the life they're having on their silly little glass rectangles.
There should be more education on the matter but all that ever gets taught to people is at most how to use some "office" software which is, in other words, a set of digital appliances. Back to square one.
Some say that they know what they're going into, be it with the ever-addicting form of consumption everybody indulges in or the "enshittification" of their favourite "service", but only then I understand your confusion.
As long as the person is actually aware of their choices, more power to them, otherwise, educate 'em!
Ever the optimist, I see...
~bartender, do you have any sort of "reality drink" for my friend?
I have long given up on the idea that people remain ignorant by anything but their own will. It is still called the "information highway", after all. And if you choose to remain ignorant with such an abundance of information at your fingertips, then you cannot keep claiming ignorance as a way to escape your own responsibility to educate yourself and seek a way out of a crappy situation.
Of course by 'you' I mean them! Actually I mean everybody.
Look again, everybody is aware of how the so-called "algorithms" cause addiction, and yet they choose to get hooked. What governs the current web seems to me to be little more than sheer bad taste, and, as I already said, some kind of masochism.
Indeed, I have come to realize that people who flock to the big activity hubs, like people who like to frequent big social gatherings and like to party, are people who actually like the state of affairs, the kind of passions that tend to result in injury and malady.
Yes, I have some contempt for the human race, how can one not, seeing what they have done to an otherwise beautiful planet?