The simple fact is that we hairless apes were never meant to have the sum of all human knowledge and endless distractions available to us at all times.

We’re inquisitive creatures and it’s hard AF to put that phone down when dopamine loop at 1am.

The one I’m thinking of specifically recently is the revelation by Indian subcontractors that META was lying about their Rayban smart glasses having private mode that would not recording in private areas you set like bathroom, shower, in bed etc… And in fact it had sent tens of thousands of videos of people nude or fucking to the Indian subcontractors.

METAs response? Fire them, admit nothing. Lol. That’s some grossss shit that even normies want nothing to do with.

Agree. One thing that I’ve noticed is that if it’s about social media I say I “had to delete it for mental health, that shit is so bad for you”, and generally get a much more receptive response than when I explain it’s primarily for privacy and that I don’t trust them with my data.

Though Zuck and others are making it way easier to point out how creepy their platforms are, so that becomes a good entrypoint re: privacy also.