#Yes that's right I'm arguing that *classic* cyberpunk dystopia is actually not as bad as some of what we could have coming at this rate | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

amplexadversary · 2 years ago

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Still would rather buy three machines that are really damn good at three separate things than one machine that sucks at all of them for four times the price of any one of the others. Geez is that the goal these device designers have? Shackle their consumer base to one line (theirs) as if we don’t already have to deal with that with our physical fucking meat bodies? I really really hope that isn’t the fucking endgame here.

#Frankly I'd take having to buy a new right arm every time something went wrong that I couldn't fix (virtual but not literal SAS)#than some of the nonsense I'm seeing these days #Yes that's right I'm arguing that *classic* cyberpunk dystopia is actually not as bad as some of what we could have coming at this rate #I'd rather have to do that than have to pay a subscription for a tool that is maliciously designed to make switching and customizing as HARD #as humanly possible because that makes it *easier* to earn money than making it actually good #frankly if we're going down a bad path either way I want to own my shit until it's FUBAR and have OPTIONS once it is #fuck silicon valley and fuck current design attitudes #mechanical engineers have been yelling about this shit since before I was old enough to read and all it has done is spread #I would know I was raised by one #incidentally. one who has a history of getting in trouble for not letting their coworkers cut corners ifyareallywannaknow what side I'm on #ignore morg #any group over a certain size inevitably becomes corrupt #I don't have a ''side'' in politics so much as I don't trust other people not to try to pressure others #into being the exact same jackass they are #if you have like half the market share or more whether it's in products or labor or programs or policies I don't trust youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

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