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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Oh wow, thanks for your perspective!

Regarding your last point: My chinese-made e-scooter can't be readily used right after you buy it. You have to:

  • download the app
  • register an account
  • sign away your soul and firstborn in the privacy and TOS agreement
  • Watch a several minute long & UNSKIPPABLE intro video
  • Finally unlock/activate your scooter

Especially the video felt super dystopian. As if I were not a conscious person, but an asset that needed training.