Subj : Re: is the main stream in
To   : Bbsing Bbs
From : Nick Andre
Date : Thu Aug 17 2017 09:56 am

On 17 Aug 17  06:27:00, Bbsing Bbs said the following to Nick Andre:

BB> so true. I watch people sitting neck crained swipe swipe, and its interesti
BB> how they behave, and more interesting is how they interact in the real worl
BB> they can't communicate well, they don't remember things well, nor do they h
BB> deep understanding of things that are not mainstreamed.

Explain the concept of libraries to most millenials and you get a dumbfounded 
stare. As if Wikipedia now has more credibility than anything else on the 
planet these days.

BB> The tools they use like cell phones, TV's, computers, operating systems,
BB> software, ..etc, all are dependant on the internet, and come with contracts
BB> attached to them you have to agree to EULA, that are pre loaded you don't e
BB> see them or have a choice to agree, disagree before you purchase the everyt
BB> you must agree to. You have bought into their devices and data mining befor
BB> you even had a chance to disagree to it. LIke when you purchase a phone off
BB> amazon, when you turn that phone on, you must agree to the EULA. When you
BB> purchase a phone in the store often the tech there hits agree for you. WE a
BB> their product! Thats the sad part.

I believe the EULA was challenged in a British court once, argued by a 
consumer that it was impossible to use a device without accepting the EULA and
that "nobody reads those things anyway".

Nick

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