Simping for the Techs

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I used to consider myself relatively tech savvy.

Then last year I had a ruinous relationship that left me super paranoid, so I dove deep into digital security, rooted my phone, and have since spent a fair bit of time on this and other forums, skimming for info on various tech matters.

I have come to realise I know as much about tech as I know about the moons of Jupiter, and have developed a huge appreciation for the knowledge and efforts behind these annoying black rectangles.

There are a number of debates on this forum about the pros and cons of this and that, most of which I have to web search to even half understand, so just wanted to say a thank you to all for sharing advice and opinions on waters I know little about but am swimming in regardless.

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The thing is that in a sane world, phones and the entire hopelessly fragmented ARM ecosystem could be so much less of a pain in the ass to deal with. But we have the big techs to thank for that, not the regular sort. And unless someone in the EU realises that entirely relying on two U.S. corporations to provide software for the tiny little pocket computers that we need to live a modern life is a bad thing, actually, that ainā€™t changing. Iā€™m sure itā€™ll happen aaaaaany decade nowā€¦

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Seems to me what weā€™re witnessing right now is a tug of war between tech and gov to see who has the dominant share of the forthcoming technocracy

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This is only partly true.

Software: People have been told that all our gadgets have to always work, be somewhat secure and easy to use even by little children. The cause is that users are not allowed to do the most simple things anymore, because of security. Locked bootloaders, no root, apps that only work on ā€˜certifiedā€™ systems, apps that cannot write into common placesā€¦

Hardware: Arm and the gazillion of SoCs that are based on it is killing free access to the hardware and thus making it impossible to run anything, but iOS or Android in a reliable and complete way. Something is always buggy or broken, since manufacturers of SoCs hide their drivers and firmware.

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I have come to realise I know as much about tech as I know about the moons of Jupiter, and have developed a huge appreciation for the knowledge and efforts behind these annoying black rectangles.

I am a software developer and studied computer-science, and I kinda relate to this statement.

When you learn about tech, you start to realize that the more you know, the more you realize how little you know, but thatā€™s also great because learning these things is really the fun part about tech. When you google things, you are doing exactly what all of us do.

When I am with my colleagues, sometimes they start discussing topics that make me feel like a complete idiot, so I go and google it and learn something new, or I ask them for more information or resources where they learnt that thing.

I get this feeling often when I am reading posts on XDA. Seeing how people reverse engineer binary programs and trying to get alternative operating-systems running on devices that arenā€™t supporting them at all really amazes me, and I often end up learning something new, because like you, I end up googling a lot

I think you already have the correct mentality, which is curiosity and always being humble.

Unfortunately, there are a lot of a-hole know-it-alls in the industry, but these are not the people who are doing cool things. Know-it-alls have ā€œcounter-productiveā€ pride; their pride in their abilities stop them from learning new things and becoming experts. While there are some exceptions, I am always very skeptical of someone who is a know-it-all and arrogant about their abilities, or are aggressive to beginners; they often turn out not to be as good as they present themselves to be.

Edit. woah, sorry ,I wrote this post while cooking and it has a lot of grammar issues. I will fix it when I am done :sweat_smile:

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