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[โ€“] HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world 19 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I would also argue we lived in a pre-9/11 world.

It us shocking how much the world changed in response for the sake of security and safety, and I know it's a controversial take but the terrorists succeed in changing the world to their image.

[โ€“] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

Before: wow, this new thing is literally 4 times faster with a fuckload of features.

After : wow, this new thing allows 800 companies, fifty countries and 2 superpowers to spy on me at the same time and has 4 times the bloatware!

And all the alternatives do the same thing!