Cubic

I might have finally lost my marbles. But don't run away. Let me walk you through the process. It used to be that we experienced freedoms: We could own our own PCs, computer equipment, laptops, etc. Our ability to repair or use our own equipment was not restricted in any way. Our lives were not spied on by cameras everywhere we go trying to track our behaviors and identify us individually to decide whether or not we are allowed to do something. Everything was generally affordable. The stuff we bought lasted many, many years. The software we used was optimized to run on a potato. And we were promised, at one point, fiber optic Internet would be run to every home. Then we wake up one day and see direct government intrusion, corporate greed, blatant disregard for the right to data privacy and personal privacy, alleged fraud and price fixing but no one held to account for those alleged crimes, and much more happening everywhere. Then you wonder what happened and, more impo...