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Paul Fenwick
Paul Fenwick
@pjf@cloudisland.nz  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

The kids were discussing what things their primary-school aged friends¹ get "for free" based upon their parents' occupations.

"Lemony's parents are lawyers, so they get free legal advice."

"Gazza's parents are both builders, so they get free renovations!"

"Paul, you and mum are both, uh, software developers? Developer operators? Network computerers? So we get… uh…"

Me: "No ads. You get everything without ads."

"Oh yeah!!! We do!!!"

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¹ Friends' names changed to protect the innocent

#parenting #devops #pihole

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Paul Fenwick
Paul Fenwick
@pjf@cloudisland.nz replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

There's a lot of shit things in the world today, but the surprise and disgust my kids display when they're exposed to an ad is something that actually makes my feel good.

Surveillance capitalism isn't something we should be taking for granted, but it's so pervasive that it's hard for most people not to.

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