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> Some Western European democracies have a well-functioning democracy. Which ones?
+1 Say it out loud, don't be shy!
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Why are you so sure? Have a look at Librem 5 and Pinephone.
I’m familiar with projects like them. I just don’t think any of them are going to break through in a meaningful way anytime soon, if ever. They have very niche markets. I hope they are always an option though.
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I guess history made us different. Personally I have reasons to be equally distrustful to anyone who wants to know too much about me, but much more afraid of my gov't than overseas entities.
In this specific case, why fear the government? My government has already seen my government-issued ID. If my government hasn't worked out my phone number, they can always ask the phone company. My address is required for the ID, voting, and filing taxes. I don't see how the government learns anything from this? Conversely, I would like to believe most companies do not have my government-issued ID, nor a lot of the i…
And governments change. Any one might look benign now, but one election away might be different.
Human verification via QR code does not mitigate labor farms.
just how evil can google be?
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I’m already sick and tired of seeing cloudflares “making sure you aren’t a bot” checkbox everywhere. Sometimes it locks me out entirely and decides I don’t get to view pages. I see recaptcha less frequently but it’s much more annoying, with all the clicking of crosswalks, or busses, or whatever. I am not looking forward to a web where google can not only lock me out of my email, but also large sections of the previou…
yeah. webpages now load so slow just because i have to wait for the captcha