Why the current tech backlash feels different
TL;DR
This interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity. Nick Statt: Hello and welcome to Decoder, Nilay’s show about big ideas and other problems. This is Nick Statt, senior producer. And I’m joined by our brand-new supervising producer, Greg Ott.
Nauti's Take
A mailbag episode works as a mood barometer: you hear what readers and listeners actually hold against the tech industry, unfiltered by PR. For anyone making content that is a chance to answer real objections instead of assumed ones.
The limit is the sample. Decoder's audience is tech literate and unusually informed, so it is no cross section of the public.
Useful as an early indicator, weak as evidence of a broad opinion shift.
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