I really hate this timeline. 99% of companies pushing users into walled gardens. Governments and banks forcing people to use invasive apps that only work in those walled gardens. Slowly our control is eroded, yet your average user couldn’t care less as long as they get to watch their TikTok slop for a few hours a day.
Until a Linux phone becomes viable I’ll be using a rooted custom ROM and avoiding banking/government apps like the plague.
Times of Cyanogenmod and Paranoid Android was the golden years when we were excited about how awesome tech would be as opposed to how it’d be used to exploit, control, and spy on people.
I really hate this timeline. 99% of companies pushing users into walled gardens. Governments and banks forcing people to use invasive apps that only work in those walled gardens. Slowly our control is eroded, yet your average user couldn’t care less as long as they get to watch their TikTok slop for a few hours a day.
Until a Linux phone becomes viable I’ll be using a rooted custom ROM and avoiding banking/government apps like the plague.
Times of Cyanogenmod and Paranoid Android was the golden years when we were excited about how awesome tech would be as opposed to how it’d be used to exploit, control, and spy on people.