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1. Ellie D. (diodelass@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 23-May-2018 16:20:49 EDT Ellie D.

   Remember when we trusted software? When people said things like "don't install things from that site, they're probably viruses" and "I won't use software from them anymore, they put in ads and broke my trust."
   Now it's all "install this app, it's absolutely spyware and adware and was written by some techbro in a basement motivated by nothing but quick money, but your phone's sandboxing should protect you from having your phone taken over or personal information stolen"

   1. Bob Mottram 🔧 ☕ ✅ (bob@soc.freedombone.net)'s status on Wednesday, 23-May-2018 17:14:30 EDT Bob Mottram 🔧 ☕ ✅

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      @diodelass I've seen things evolve from the early days of personal computing, and yes over time things have been becoming increasingly scammy. It's not that there weren't scams in the past, there just seem to be a lot more now, and scamming people, spying on them or generally creepy behavior has moved from something socially unacceptable to fairly mainstream.
      
      A lot of this is just driven by capitalism. In the early days you have the dreamers and visionaries who aren't focussed on the bottom line, but over time the people with ideas get driven out and replaced by cubicle drones or "yes men" ready to follow the bosses orders regardless of ethics.