From smart speakers and fitness trackers to Wi-Fi fridges and interconnected air fryers, smart products have integrated seamlessly into people’s homes and everyday lives – in fact, research shows that four in five Brits own at least one.*
Dude. I am an almost 50 year old, former truck driver with no formal education on any of this shit, and yet, I managed to figure it out.
“I, a person of a low status, figured it out. Therefore I am better, and you’re stupid and lower than me if you can’t do the same thing”
That’s literally elitism, my dude. You’re acting as if figuring out a specialty task somehow puts you on a higher pedestal than others who don’t happen to have that same skillset.
Like, you did a thing, good for you, but now you’re being an absolute assclown about it and pulling up the ladder instead of being even remotely helpful.
So punish those of us who do know how to make the cheap stuff work in a way we want, by removing the cheap stuff from the market, because other idiots don’t?
It’s not elitism to say “If you want something done right, do it yourself.”
Elitism?
Dude. I am an almost 50 year old, former truck driver with no formal education on any of this shit, and yet, I managed to figure it out.
If you can’t, then that’s most assuredly a YOU problem.
SURELY you’re smarter than a truck driver?
“I, a person of a low status, figured it out. Therefore I am better, and you’re stupid and lower than me if you can’t do the same thing”
That’s literally elitism, my dude. You’re acting as if figuring out a specialty task somehow puts you on a higher pedestal than others who don’t happen to have that same skillset.
Like, you did a thing, good for you, but now you’re being an absolute assclown about it and pulling up the ladder instead of being even remotely helpful.
It’s not about me, but about all the people around me
So punish those of us who do know how to make the cheap stuff work in a way we want, by removing the cheap stuff from the market, because other idiots don’t?
Yeah, solid idea.
where did I recommend that?
It is a natural consequence of tighter regulations.
to me that sounds like arguing that banning behavioral advertising would result in all monetarily free social platforms stopping to exist
chinese tech was cheap even before datamining and IoT was a thing. “banning” datamining wouldn’t make chinese tech expensive