Can't open source Apple phones.
So basically, getting rid of tech that spies on you and can't be used anymore after a certain point I guess.
And unlike books, tech has made some things worse. Job applications for one thing. When we were young, recruiters had to physically read the letters and/or places hiring had to physically see you in person.
Now hiring agencies just use automated tools (even before AI) and you get ghosted constantly.
Renting and housing has gotten more expensive because prices can be changed on the fly based on market data available 24/7 (effigy is illegal in many places, but that law rarely enforced).
And that's not getting into brainrot AI content and manipulative machinations of social media.
There's definitely reasons to be frustrated at tech for the younger generation. And even justifiable reasons to destroy closed source tech.
Comparing to book burnings is only a false equivalence, as you're not destroying information, you're destroying locks that require special keys, unlike FOSS.
And those people will already have at least a feature phone. The poor don't stop eating because someone else burns gilded pork fat. In both cases because those things are needed (food, communication in modern society for basic services and work).
It actually isn't. The algorithms for most social media are designed to release dopamine, and humans tend to be social creatures. Sure, if more of society and people knew of the harms it causes, especially particular ones, then it would be easier. But right now? It's like trying to tell people they shouldn't smoke in the 1950s.
Btw, we're using social media right now. Lemmy isn't immune, and there's definitely bad actors here that use social media negatively. You either have to avoid All or constantly block communities.
Whoops yeah, that last part was for them.