There are enough people that are perfectly fine with having any phone or any device to do basic stuff like making calls.

And those people will already have at least a feature phone. The poor don’t stop eating because someone else burns gilded pork fat. In both cases because those things are needed (food, communication in modern society for basic services and work).

It’s very easy to not use social media (in a harmful way) and not consume brainrot AI content in my opinion. Sure, it’s getting more difficult to differentiate I guess, but it’s still not that difficult if you try even a little bit

It actually isn’t. The algorithms for most social media are designed to release dopamine, and humans tend to be social creatures. Sure, if more of society and people knew of the harms it causes, especially particular ones, then it would be easier. But right now? It’s like trying to tell people they shouldn’t smoke in the 1950s.

Btw, we’re using social media right now. Lemmy isn’t immune, and there’s definitely bad actors here that use social media negatively. You either have to avoid All or constantly block communities.

Which is why I didn’t make that comparison, I guess you wanted to reply to @Buffalox@lemmy.world

Whoops yeah, that last part was for them.

Can’t open source Apple phones.

So basically, getting rid of tech that spies on you and can’t be used anymore after a certain point I guess.

And unlike books, tech has made some things worse. Job applications for one thing. When we were young, recruiters had to physically read the letters and/or places hiring had to physically see you in person.

Now hiring agencies just use automated tools (even before AI) and you get ghosted constantly.

Renting and housing has gotten more expensive because prices can be changed on the fly based on market data available 24/7 (effigy is illegal in many places, but that law rarely enforced).

And that’s not getting into brainrot AI content and manipulative machinations of social media.

There’s definitely reasons to be frustrated at tech for the younger generation. And even justifiable reasons to destroy closed source tech.

Comparing to book burnings is only a false equivalence, as you’re not destroying information, you’re destroying locks that require special keys, unlike FOSS.

Oh wow and it comes with Matter support for local server use!!!

Wait really?

So I guess you have to make sure you apply to have your tax home changed. Doesn’t seem automatic from what I read

It’s not.

Have a friend who works at a decently high position here in Finland and they actually are considering exiting the smartphone market all together because the margins are too small and they make easy more money on other things, like 5G equipment. They kind of want to move past being associated with phones basically.

There’s other pay features in the world like Wero and MobilePay

With everything Google is doing with Android, they might not have a choice. It’s either this or possibly one day no longer being able to work on Graphene.

I read somewhere on here that you need a full HomeAssistantOS for Matter/Thread support along with support for a few other things btw. Can’t find anything looking it up myself about what exactly they meant - is that true?

And now they’re undeniably a hard right winger

How’d they end up with a huge unemployment problem after the 1 child policy plus being the biggest manufacturer in the world?

A bunch of European businesses are still doing business with Russia, so doubt it’s true.

US is one of like 2 or 3 countries that does that.

There are usually other costs, and if you have any outstanding debts you have to pay those first too.

Some may need a lawyer to figure out how to just do the paperwork.

They have treaties with some countries so that if you don’t pay you can have your wages garnished. This is assuming you have citizenship and not residency etc with the other country.

So it’s on a per country basis. In some, nothing happens. In some there’s also treaties so you don’t have to pay double tax anyway, or it’s percentage based.

However, this also assumes you have no family you care about anymore in the USA or that they’re able to travel to see you instead. Otherwise you face prison for tax evasion if you ever go back.

Well, a modern form of that still sort of exists today, except the leash is longer.

You cannot for example just get rid of your US citizenship - you have to pay to get rid of it, and as long as you have it, you’re susceptible to paying taxes to the USA. Even if you have dual citizenship.

Because it’s ultimately a Pascal’s Wager due to it being unknown.

You can assume they’re not bad and go all in on plastics. But if you’re wrong, you’ll pay for it worse than if you probably tried avoiding further intake as much as possible.

Unsure since they’re federal agents, but either way moot since Trump “can’t” do a lot of things he has and continues to do.

The TikTok thing is one recent example.

Even if they did (lol), Trump would just pardon them.

I don’t know at what point most Americans will realize there’s no democracy anymore. Maybe once the next elections are rigged? Probably not.

The Flatpak isn’t from Proton

So like a video game no clip skip?