And there's folks like me, who would like to install F-Droid, and be able to use GMail for work, all on the same device. I feel like the number of folks that have basic use cases like this far outnumbers the folks that are getting scammed.
At what ratio do you say "this freedom is worth it?" I feel like narrative is always that we point out one bad thing that happened, and then the immediate answer is to take away freedom. What happened to a balanced analysis?
I think what happened is due to asymmetry: it's very easy to point out the cost of freedom, but it's very hard to articulate it's value.
That's why we so relentlessly march toward authoritarianism: we think taking away freedom will solve our problems. Then, one day we wake up and realize the lack of freedom has become our biggest problem, but by that point, it's too late.
The people who fall for these scams will just get tricked into buying giftcards anyway. There's nothing you can do for them if you don't want to institutionalize them, stop bothering the rest of us.
At what ratio do you say "this freedom is worth it?" I feel like narrative is always that we point out one bad thing that happened, and then the immediate answer is to take away freedom. What happened to a balanced analysis?
I think what happened is due to asymmetry: it's very easy to point out the cost of freedom, but it's very hard to articulate it's value.
That's why we so relentlessly march toward authoritarianism: we think taking away freedom will solve our problems. Then, one day we wake up and realize the lack of freedom has become our biggest problem, but by that point, it's too late.