nahostdeutschland@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago‘The tyranny of apps’: those without smartphones are unfairly penalised, say campaignerswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square236fedilinkarrow-up11.09Kcross-posted to: smartphone_required@lemmy.sdf.orgaskandroid@lemdro.id
arrow-up11.09Kexternal-link‘The tyranny of apps’: those without smartphones are unfairly penalised, say campaignerswww.theguardian.comnahostdeutschland@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square236fedilinkcross-posted to: smartphone_required@lemmy.sdf.orgaskandroid@lemdro.id
minus-squareladfrombrad 🇬🇧@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month ago I regularly get letters from the power company about how I’m using like 3x the power of the average person in my type of unit. I’m also using a lot of self hosted things but have never received any of those. Where do you reside generally where they’re sending them because it ain’t a thing here in the UK?
minus-squareSnot FlickermanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-21 month agoUS, west coast. It’s not meant to make a person feel attacked as much as gently nudging them to use less power. Pretty sure its even automated.
minus-squareladfrombrad 🇬🇧@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoI don’t think I’d feel “attacked” but more impressed that I came to light if they sent me them very much like a naughty “copyright warning” and would send it back with a brick in it. Cheers!
I’m also using a lot of self hosted things but have never received any of those.
Where do you reside generally where they’re sending them because it ain’t a thing here in the UK?
US, west coast.
It’s not meant to make a person feel attacked as much as gently nudging them to use less power.
Pretty sure its even automated.
I don’t think I’d feel “attacked” but more impressed that I came to light if they sent me them very much like a naughty “copyright warning” and would send it back with a brick in it.
Cheers!