Cory Doctorow on Nostr: A programmer will happily insist that ordering you to remove your "mask" is for your ...
A programmer will happily insist that ordering you to remove your "mask" is for your own good - and not even notice that they're taking your skin off with it.
There are *so many ways* tech executives could improve their profits if only we abandoned our stubborn attachment to being so goddamned *complicated*. Think of #Netflix and its anti-passsword-sharing holy war, which is a demand that we redefine "family" to be legible and profitable for Netflix:
https://pluralistic.net/2023/02/02/nonbinary-families/#red-envelopes
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There are *so many ways* tech executives could improve their profits if only we abandoned our stubborn attachment to being so goddamned *complicated*. Think of #Netflix and its anti-passsword-sharing holy war, which is a demand that we redefine "family" to be legible and profitable for Netflix:
https://pluralistic.net/2023/02/02/nonbinary-families/#red-envelopes
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