I asked a relative to look for RealVNC on the Play Store and install it. Once they were done, I asked them to fulfill a basic task inside RealVNC and they were really confused by my instructions. I took a look at their phone, lo and behold, they had installed a different app. I asked them to repeat the install procedure while I watched. They punched in “realvnc” in the search box, two identically formatted results appeared. Their finger instinctively clicked the Install button on the top result. It was an ad. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♀️🤦

  • snooggums@midwest.socialEnglish
    329·
    3 months ago

    If the practices are predatory, blaming the user is excusing the predatory practices. Bragging about how you use something else in that context is doubling down on blaming the user instead of the practices.

    So no, I am not illiterate. You ahould have just left off the sentence blaming the victim.

    • Zorque@lemmy.worldEnglish
      116·
      3 months ago

      is doubling down on blaming the user instead of the practices

      They blamed both, though.

      • snooggums@midwest.socialEnglish
        165·
        3 months ago

        Blaming a user for falling for malicious practices designed by multibillion dollars companies is like blaming the victim of a hit and run. “It was their fault for using the crosswalk, but the driver was also wrong for not stopping.”

        Both sides!

        • Zorque@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1111·
          3 months ago

          Yeah, no one should have to look at what they’re doing to stop themselves from making mistakes! Everyone should be able to blindly make decisions and they should always be correct!