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Why are people like my son's girlfriend so obsessed with jailbreaking? (lemmings.world)

submitted 10 hours ago by Motherof3@lemmings.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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?

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[–] bobo1900@startrek.website 39 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

            
              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 8 points 5 hours ago

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.