Capitalism made your iphone
Capitalism made your iphone
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Every single technology that went into the iPhone was developed with public money:
- Touchscreens
- GPS
- The internet
- Unix
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You know what is it that apple patented and trademarked? Rounded edges.
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This is the case with pretty much all fundamental research because it takes a long time to do, and requires a lot of sustained investment without any direct profit. Companies simply swoop in at the end stages and start commercializing what was developed using public money.
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well yeah most of its operating software was derived from opensource projects, but capitalists exploited those opensource project without giving much if anything back, so…
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I mean yeah but capitalism made it such that everybody needs a little fucking advertisement mind control spying machine in their pocket. Without capitalism I wouldn't have a smartphone and if I did, I would at least actually own the thing.
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Then, well, do? Don't buy crapple or android? Linux-phones are out there. They can't compete yet, but they're yours. Like it always should've been.
If PCs would sell without admin-password and with an uninstallable windows, they wouldn't sell very well. The imagination of that alone sounds so absurd to me.
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I’d love to buy an exploitation free ”commiPhone” if there ever were a tech-co-op or something that would make one sustainably
Closest you can get right now is buying Chinese phones, as China is the most developed socialist country currently. Even companies like FairPhone are ultimately trying to focus their best on producing well within the boundaries of capitalism, not moving beyond capitalism entitely. I suppose using Linux phones or buying used phones might be another avenue.