I agree it’s too much money. But for the record it’s not a dumb phone, it is a smartphone running sailfish which can run android apps in a sandbox

However for less money, the Sony Xperia 10 III with Sailfish OS (Xperia 10 mk3) is a better buy.

Pikachu used war crime!

Niantic Spatial – a spin-off company from Niantic – announced its partnership with Vantor, a company that specialises in spatial detection software for drones, including those used by some militaries, in December.

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Vantor announced in February a deal with the US Army of up to US$217m for training software.

If we don’t read and understand EULAs, Terms of Service, and Privacy Policies, we might help the goverment kill people.

it’s somehow legal to make a 20 page contract for a digital service or game that states it can be updated at anytime somewhere in it and because you are using it you agree to the terms and opt-in to any updated terms.

There is no government watchdog to protect consumers from this and if there were it only takes one rogue unconstitutional action for it to be dismantled and probably never get challenged in the legal system. The closest we have are advocacy groups like the EFF and they depend on people reading, using critical thinking, and giving a fuck.

When the devs collaborate with the government and military or spread propaganda, games are political, all aspect of life is. I think it always was. playing a game can now mean children get bombed. I think the sooner we come to these realizations the better.

Data can be retained and used retroactively in anyway the corporations that owns the data seem fit. That apparently means also selling that data to military contractors or using it to train models used for the military.

Did anyone guess that a pokemon game could be used to kill? I wonder how much blood money nintendo/pokemon company made off this?

This is not enshittification, but weaponization, and we all need to pay attention because this will not be the last time it happens.

That’s the spirit.

(Starts shanking gold spray can)

We are in another middle east quagmire, harming civilians, and committing war crimes under the orders of a Republican child rapist felon – maybe by chance

How about arresting pedophiles starting with those connected to Epstein?

I prefer foraging in the forest.

Same standard means we make noise when we don’t like something.

I find LibreWolf to be the better option for privacy, I never have an issue with rendering.

Sometimes corporations lie.

It’s not being unhinged to say you don’t like something. And the way that Mozilla is embracing “AI” is not welcomed.

Mozilla should be scrutinized, even if Firefox is currently the best option.

I think the only thing keeping them inline is loud community backlash everytime they make one of those misssteps.

Brought to you by the letter P.

P like, all the Profit made on your data and your loss of Privacy.

I love Sesame Street! Next, the Count will help us understand the cost difference between a bicycle and a car.

I don’t think we need to worry about making new cars cheaper, even if it’s EVs.

There are a lot more important priorities in America.

I would rather see cheaper solar panels.

I’m trying out SailfishOS myself

Our property shouldn’t surveil us.

The inclusion of surveillance means that in various datacenters energy and fresh water are used to make various decisions about you without your consent.

I would rather not own a new car. I would rather electrify my own vehicles. I have already electrified my bicycle.

My right to privacy is not something I will let a corporation decide.

I’m tired of moronic consumerism.

Surveillance in new cars is a reason to not buy new cars.

No matter where it’s country of origin is.

I would rather modify an old I.C.E. car to be electric than to buy anything that reduces my freedom or charges me subscriptions for basic features.

Is adopting new surveillance technologies part of that goal to reduce emissions?

If not, maybe we should try to consider how to have electric vehicles that do not surveil us?

The LPG generators powering SpaceX’s datacenters go brrr.