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This will keep going as long as people buy these devices. The only way to stop this is to hit them in their wallet.
by Rjevski 8y ago
This will keep going as long as people buy these devices. The only way to stop this is to hit them in their wallet.
- takluyver 8y agoThere's no plausible path for market forces to apply pressure on something like this. There are many other factors that are more obvious to people choosing a smartphone - screen size, storage size, price, familiarity, and so on. And you basically have two platforms to choose from: Android and iOS. GDPR provides a timely example. The potential fines for companies storing private data and not complying are 'hitting them in their wallet' in a way that the choices of individual users can't.
- spion 8y agoRaising awareness on social media might also work.
- bryanrasmussen 8y agoright people when buying a phone are going to ask - does this give you a way to stop sharing location data with google forever?
- dredmorbius 8y agoAnd of course the website or salesperson offerring the device will know and answer accurately. /s
- Rjevski 8y agoWell you might get burned once but not twice. I once got burned by Android’s carrier crapware and lack of updates. I am now a faithful iOS user.
- codedokode 8y agoThis won't work because people who care about privacy are the minority. Neither Google nor Apple will care about minorities.