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brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof: :Nonbinary:") wrote:
Went to a tech store for the first time in A While and it struck me just how disillusioned I felt. I have known since I was a teenager that the tech industry was incredibly shady but once upon a time I believed that computers could bring about some kind of utopia even if the companies were going about it badly. Now I.... just don't. Not that I plan on running off into the woods anytime soon, but I think deep down I've finally stopped believing this tech is the solution to... anything, really.
Now when I see these new devices I think "oh cool, they'll have all new ways to spy on me", plus they're advertising AI too, because of course they are. Is anybody actually going "hooray, my new AI PC!"?. I'm pretty sure even people who habitually use AI aren't queueing up for this crap. So who is it even for? Who are they trying to sell this BS idea of a future to? Or do they just think consumers are their captive audience now? I get the impression that it really is a captive audience effect.
It feels empty; I feel empty; I devoted my entire working life to computers and now I need to find a new path.