you just know this guy thinks he’s VERY SMART because he reads ‘advanced’ newspapers

EDIT: turns out he’s the senior technology editor for The Atlantic

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    It feels like voluntary supplication to the techbros in a “notice me senpai” way. I go out of my way to ignore/bypass as many bazinga tracking devices as possible.

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        Even calling them “cookies” set off all my internal alarms early on. “Teehee this quirky unspecified download is yummy and you should have it. TAKE IT. TAKE IT NOW.” lord-bezos-amused

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          Tbf originally (in the 90’s) they were pretty harmless, mostly used just to store login information etc. but leave it to tech bros to corrupt every useful technology

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            pretty harmless, mostly used just to store login information

            That was enough for me to dislike them then. “Gator” and “Bonzi Buddy” even back then proved my dislike was called for.