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A one day wait period to install an app on your mobile pocket computer. Fucken bullshit.
Edit: to all the "its one time" defenders, its one time for now. Stop falling for it. It always starts with an inch.
It used to be no time at all. You could just do it. From that perspective they’ve already taken a mile.
From zero to any nonzero value is infinite miles
I mean, it always starts with an inch but what people dont get is that compared to the 2000's we are a mile deep and compared to rhe 80's we are already in a dystopia.
In the '80s we'd need a building to do a fraction what our phones do now. Even in the 2000s they would qualify as a supercomputer. I guarantee you wouldn't be able to install whatever you wanted on any of those computers and even if you could, a days wait would be lightning fast in comparison.
Well if you're in the US you can head down to your LGS, buy a Glock 19 and do some plinking while you wait for the software to install on your phone :/
sushhh… the shareholders’ imaginary line has to go up.