I'm tired of pretending tech makes things better.  I'm tired of kidding myself that all these apps, these chatbots, these "tools" are doing anything but dragging us into the mud and the shit and calling it progress.  I sat down at a cafe a few days ago, hungry and ready
  • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
    21·
    8 hours ago

    Maybe they did? You’re kinda missing the point though, which is that this stuff is becoming more and more common and will be nigh-unavoidable in the future.

    • Technus@lemmy.zipEnglish
      1·
      6 hours ago

      It’s clear they did not walk out.

      By the time I placed my order - paying a 1% fee to the app makers in the process - I would have happily paid double for the experience of simply flipping through a menu and talking to another human being.

      (Emphasis mine.) This is from the very next paragraph after what I quoted.

      You also clearly missed the point of my comment, which is that unless consumers start refusing to take this bullshit lying down, this stuff will be unavoidable in the future because there will be no other choices left.

      • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
        1·
        4 hours ago

        You also clearly missed the point of my comment

        I understood your point completely. Yet mine somehow still zipped over your head. This is not a choice any particular individual can make. Other people make that choice for you.