Modern technology is abusive, but FOSS is certainly no silver bullet. [...] People have been trained to be abused by software and by hardware, to ignore their needs, to accept any change as inevitable

There are things avoidable: Internet-connected beds, AI browsers, unrepairable devices, requiring smartphones, NFTs, The Metaverse, update changes, ads, Meta-owned, Apple Vision pro, Copilot PCs

nothing sold by powerful grifters is "the future" no matter how much they wish that were true.

The driving factor is what constitutes a desirable future and which actions get us closer or further from that.