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title: "you chose poorly [mobile phone rant]"
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published: 2019-09-19
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in case it wasn't clear, the title of this post is supposed to be a parody of
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the `indiana jones` film (`the last crusade`?) with the **holy grail** scene.
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you know, the *grail knight* or whatever he's called tells them to identify and
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drink from the "true" grail, which was hidden among dozens of false ones.
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"**choose, but choose wisely**" he says, or something similar. then the
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nazi-supporter drinks from the fancy-looking cup and then rapidly ages to
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death. this is when *grail knight* says the infamous line: **he chose… poorly**
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> let's get the obvious stuff out of the way first
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if you own a mobile phone, especially a "smartphone", your phone does not exist
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for your convenience. you are not the customer. as with many online "services",
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you are the product. and you get to pay for it, too! most likely every month!
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> oh and also i want to point out that when i use the word "you" in this rant,
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> most of the time i probably don't literally mean *you*. and in any case, i'm
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> bitching about phones, not people. and my real rant hasn't started yet.
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so, putting aside how much money we shell out to monopolies so they can better
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spy on us and turn the people into sheeple so when things take turns for the
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worse we can either decide not to care, be completely ignorant that problems
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exist that are as bad as they are, or have no clue how to go about trying to
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undo the mistakes we've made because we ***chose fucking poorly*** and we
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*keep* choosing poorly because everything is built to be a trap.
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i'm being ambiguous because there are too many examples i want to name of
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stupid things that we, collectively, have allowed to happen or been unable to
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stop from happening.
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## oh for the love of moe
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i started writing this hours ago.
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[time passes]
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[…]
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[…]
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[more time passes]
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[it is now 24 september 2019]
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[guess i should finish by saying what i wanted to say in the first place]
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## they aren't phones anymore
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here's my problem. for years now, the biggest thing mobile "phone" makers
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(read: samsung and apple) make different and better in newer models is the
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camera. yes; i'm saying when you buy a new samsung galaxy or apple iphone you
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are buying a modded out digital camera with malware (including a smegton of
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spyware) and an antenna so the built-in malware i mentioned can listen
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in on your conversations you have when you call someone else's camera.
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do you remember when not all mobile phones were camera phones? i do. i remember
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when they didn't even have colour screens. i miss playing `snake`. that was a
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good fucking game. i remember when camera phones were only .3 megapixels and
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that was fine with people. it used to be smegging fun af to follow all the new
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upcoming phones that were coming out. there was so much variety and innovations
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happening left and right. i could never decide on what phone i wanted most in
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those days, because there were so many good and unique options.
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> so what mobile phone do i want now that phones suck?
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i'm too poor to dream about getting the librem 5 when it comes out so i've
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decided i'll likely be buying the much cheaper pinephone instead, whenever *it*
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comes out. both phones better deliver what they're saying they will, mind you.
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if they don't end up being as advertised i'll be more disappointed than when i
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saw `indiana jones and the crystal skull` or whatever that garbage film was
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called.
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i've said my piece, left out a lot of stuff, didn't really proofread properly
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(or at all), didn't make sure it flowed naturally, and am way overdue for a
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post. sounds like i'm ready to upload this to the wired.
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remember to stay tasty o/
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