Why are people like my son's girlfriend so obsessed with jailbreaking?

Motherof3@lemmings.world · 2 months

(I had another account but I had to use this one because I forgot the password…)

So, my son’s girlfriend is really obsessed with collecting old devices and “jailbreaking” them and it seems quite popular. I’ve never done it before, I wonder why it’s so popular?

Bobo The Great@startrek.website · 2 months

doing things you are not supposed to do is fun
thinkering with electronics in fun
we are sacrificing our freedom to megacorporations that continously tell us what to do, what to think, what you can and can’t do with devices we own and enshittify them. Taking back some of that freedom feels good

AlexLost@lemmy.world · 2 months

It’s not just fun, it’s the future. Job markets want people that can do things, and if/when society collapses, Jerry rigging shit will be useful. Totally get bullet 3. To think we thought having the world at our fingertips would lead us to more wisdom instead of uncertainty.