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[–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

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.

So you don’t have a cell phone/smart phone, right? Or smart tv? Or streaming box? Or a windows computer? Or a car with TPMS sensors?

Because they’re all tracking you, and that’s just a few off the top of my head. Yes, you can limit what and how is tracking you, but when it really starts to cut into the quality of life, most people don’t care. And yes, great, you’re not most people but that’s not what people think about. If they did, digital privacy laws would be radically different.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

Anyway, to go along with my old non-surveillance-infested cars:

  • my phone runs GrapheneOS
  • my computers run GNU/Linux
  • my TV is dumb
  • my media is selfhosted on Jellyfin
  • the only "smart" devices I use are flashed with ESPHome and connect to selfhosted Home Assistant
  • Hell, even my e-bike uses a standalone controller and does not pair with my phone or connect to an "app!"

Checkmate, troll.

But go on, explain how none of that matters and we should all be little bitches like you who just willingly bend over for the corpo-stalkers. Explain how your bullshit comment is anything other than fucking worthless doomerism.

[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 1 points 9 hours ago

I'm trying out SailfishOS myself