yeah and it does harm. Any technology amputated a part of us. The point is deciding if it’s worth the cost.

if you want to know more about TWC: https://techworkerscoalition.org/

fixed them, thank you

It’s hand-written and it’s a famous blog about techno-magic. Also it’s very explicitly against new age, that’s the whole point of the article.

They have fascists in power and they still care about language. Also missing the whole context since they clearly didn’t read the article.

well, it’s full of nazi furries

You cannot escape social norms. The act of rejecting them doesn’t free you from them. You will be judged for rejecting them and others will adapt to it, either by rejecting them too and creating a new social norm, or shunning you and attaching a certain rejection to a specific social signal. There’s nothing artificial on it. The logic you describe is very oblivious to how social norms and social actors work.

Also here we are talking about webcams not really as technological artifacts, but as social tools. Obviously it’s not a technical requirement to be presentable, but a social requirement, that’s implicit in the discussion.

It could also be an inside job. Anti-genocide resistance within Microsoft is quite strong and active.