I can’t imagine paying $1,100 of my own money so that I can be surveilled and my entire life can be exchanged and sold for data.
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@The If you think that’s creepy…check this out:
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Oh my goodness… that IS creepy.
“Hey. Where’s that Amazon robot you just got?”
“Oh him? He’s just in my young daughter’s room filming her dancing and passive aggressively telling my father to eat more greens so he doesn’t die”
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As Rob Braxman has said on a few videos, the latest iPhones and Pixels, with their embedded AI, “see what you see, hear what you hear, and know what you know!”
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As soon as I receive the Kompakt, my iPhone 11 Pro Max will become an offline PDA-like device until I adjust to this new stage. The truth is, the camera is good, and I can still maintain all the necessary integrations for work without too much pressure. My desire for a more digitally reduced life doesn’t mean I’ll change everything abruptly or add unnecessary stress. I just want to simplify where possible. What I have at the moment works well and does not distract me at all.
The Mac is somewhat more decentralized than the iPhone, and it feels more reliable. It’s easier to work around Apple’s limitations on the Mac than on the iPhone, which feels like a complete surveillance device. Its limitations make YOU the product, not the opposite. My only subscription, aside from standard bills (phone, etc.), is iCloud Drive, which has been working well so far.
Apple is on a downward path, and for now, I just want my current setup to function while retaining the ability to disable features as I choose. This is possible on the Mac but not on the iPhone.
Having the PocketBook Lite for reading has already helped me declutter my library. The Kompakt will also help me prioritize what’s essential and discard the rest.
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@kirkmahoneyphd You remember this commercial:
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So this is an interesting point. If you’re out in public and notice someone, without first having asked you, filming of taking a photos of you or your child or pet, what would you do? Have you encountered this and what did you do?
I have seen someone about to do it and turned my head away so they got a great shot of the back of my head I guess, but is this an invasion of privacy? Or are we now considered ‘fair game’ because we’re in a ‘public area’? And then who ‘owns’ the photographic content? Is it acceptable to demand the photo be deleted and to watch over their shoulder as they do it?
How can we peaceably empower ourselves?
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Good questions. Legally it is fair game, so I will choose my “public places” more carefully by moving to a more rural area. That is my solution, anyway. I have been photographed in public and I did turn my body a full 180 degrees. It is what it is. I believe the problem goes deeper than just being on camera- it is our culture and our obsession with filming ourselves and everything around us for attention.
One thing I don’t understand is people who purchase houses on a main road (or close to any public road). 10 ft away from their front door is public property. That is fair game for ANYONE . That’s insane to me. I don’t think many people consider this. That, or they just don’t care.
@galtions I try not to be too ‘cranky’ about it when people are just filming or taking pictures of surroundings. I was just in Rome & there were people EVERYWHERE. It’s nearly impossible to ask everyone to get out of the way when there are crowds everywhere. Here’s a picture of TWO massive structures (my fivehead 
& the Collosseum) I was trying to take a selfie with the back camera LOL
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From personal experience…
- Try taking photos of locals who live on the water in Ganvie, Benin (“The Venice of Africa”), to see what happens. They will shake their fists at you.
- Try taking photos of local children holding lambs in Cuzco, Perú, to see what happens. They will demand payment.
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Yeah thats expected, especially at tourist destinations, although still grosses me out. Reminds me of this.
But I was speaking more to someone coming up to you personally to photograph you specifically without asking. This has happened to me and my wife, but i just turned away and blocked her camera with my body. I can imagine women might also sometimes have a somewhat similar issue around creeps.
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@The I’ve never had that experience of someone just taking a picture of me without asking. People even ask if they can take a picture with my dog. Once they even used it a promo on their Instagram.
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Fascinating! I know the Native Americans have this long-held belief that cameras steal their souls and honestly I can understand why.
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Yeah, that’s what I meant too… @urszula @kirkmahoneyphd I get that there will always be group public situations like that and that’s to me acceptable, but the specific photo stuff is creepy.
Side note: try taking a photo of a monkey in Bali and the monkey will steal your camera, your hat, your scarf, your shoes, money and food!
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