▲ 1037 ▼ What is a nifty little feature modern gadgets have lost? (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago* by fastandcurious@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 805 comments fedilink hide all child comments For me it’s the notification light you used to find on older phones, was particularly good to know if your phone was charged without picking it up
[–] theherk@lemmy.world 79 points 2 years ago (5 children) That’s funny. Every time somebody says “If you have nothing to hide, what are you worried about,” I reply, “Do you shit with the door open?” But now the door isn’t just open. It feels like Uncle Sam is pissing between your legs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago Yes we all have an uncle like that. Mine was Jimmy Savile permalink fedilink source parent [–] axefaire@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) Not just Uncle Sam, but every tech company too permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] deweydecibel@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago Yeah anyone thinking it's only the government spying is revealing their age and/or their biases. Uncle Sam doesn't even need to spy. They just get the data from the corporation that spies on us now for their own reasons. Both are a problem. permalink fedilink source parent [–] fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago I'm more concerned with privacy than most, but I do in fact shit with the door open. When I'm at home I mean. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AnonWyo@startrek.website 2 points 2 years ago Well. Now we know what kind of porn Uncle Sam is into. permalink fedilink source parent [–] zerofk@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Isn’t that why American stalls have those big gaps? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago Yes we all have an uncle like that. Mine was Jimmy Savile permalink fedilink source parent
[–] axefaire@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) Not just Uncle Sam, but every tech company too permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] deweydecibel@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago Yeah anyone thinking it's only the government spying is revealing their age and/or their biases. Uncle Sam doesn't even need to spy. They just get the data from the corporation that spies on us now for their own reasons. Both are a problem. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] deweydecibel@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago Yeah anyone thinking it's only the government spying is revealing their age and/or their biases. Uncle Sam doesn't even need to spy. They just get the data from the corporation that spies on us now for their own reasons. Both are a problem. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago I'm more concerned with privacy than most, but I do in fact shit with the door open. When I'm at home I mean. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AnonWyo@startrek.website 2 points 2 years ago Well. Now we know what kind of porn Uncle Sam is into. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zerofk@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Isn’t that why American stalls have those big gaps? permalink fedilink source parent