[phil917]

I saw a comment describing this increasing luddite response to new tech developments and it resonated with me.

Essentially, the comment made the point that tech is advancing so fast these days that most people are unable to keep up with the pace of these radical changes. And the natural reaction to that for many is to reject these "advancements" or at least look upon them with cynicism and skepticism.

[CatWChainsaw]

You don't think it has anything to do with the fact that 'advancements' these days come with mandatory accounts/subscriptions, egregious data harvesting, and user-hostility to keep people in line with what companies want rather than what people want?

[15457345234]

I don't think it's anything to do with the pace of advancement, it's more that many many of these 'advancements' look very obviously harmful, not 'potentially' harmful but actively and immediately harmful in the manner of a car with brakes that only work 90% of the time.