This sounds like a threat…

No, it’s manufactured consent.

For which they haven’t yet paid a single penny, because AI corpos need people to get addicted to their products.

Conservatism heavily relies on lifestyle marketing. You’re not voting for promises, but for a lifestyle.

There were always some known exploits for Linux, some required you to know what hardware the target had.

Great, can I now buy RAM, SSDs, and HDDs on a cheaper price?

That’s nothing a cheap EEPROM reader from China cannot solve…

In these scenarios, scammers exploit fear – using threats of financial ruin, legal trouble, or harm to a loved one – to create a sense of extreme urgency. They stay on the phone with victims, coaching them to bypass security warnings and disable security settings before the victim has a chance to think or seek help.

Does this actually happen? Or they just trying to manufacture consent to all this bullshit?