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Apple introduces Macbook Neo - cheaper Macbooks starting at $599 (www.apple.com)
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[–] enumerator4829@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 hours ago

Look - I can’t prevent my mom from being on facebook and playing candy crush. Nothing I say or do will make that happen. I can improve the situation by:

  • Introducing alternatives and hope they spread (Chat with your mom on Signal)
  • Reducing data harvesting during ”passive” behaviour (e.g. reduced permissions for apps. Graphene is probably the best here, but good luck getting your mom on that)
  • Reducing data harvesting by the phone vendor (Samsung, Google, Apple). This is primarily done by buying an iPhone, simply due to incentives. (Again, good luck getting your mom on Graphene).

If I go too hard on my mom, she’ll just buy herself a cheap chinese android without telling me. Is that better?