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It's ridiculous that we accept that every piece of software we install is malware. A flashlight sells our location data? A text editor scrapes our photos? It

It's ridiculous that we accept that every piece of software we install is malware. A flashlight sells our location data? A text editor scrapes our photos? It doesn't have to be this way.

LarryDarrell 8y ago
I think you have nailed the core issue. We've normalized awful behavior on an awful platform and have justified an awful way of monetization. I'm not a smartphone power user (RSS, email, light internet), so I was really hoping FirefoxOS or the Ubuntu phone would generate some traction.
- joseph8th 8y ago
  Look into Purism Librem 5 with PureOS. They pushed release back to Q3 but it's a very interesting project.
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orf 8y ago
By all means leave your house unlocked while you’re away, and then complain that human nature shouldn’t be what it is.
- username223 8y ago
  I assume that the cops don't respond to the regular break-ins where you live, and instead blame you for your locks being too weak.
- moorhosj 8y ago
  Comparing two things doesn’t automatically make them the same.
dymk 8y ago
That's what you get when you live in a world where most people aren't willing to shell out $1.99 for their apps. Developer time isn't free, and these apps are going to be monetized somehow.
- ungzd 8y ago
  On desktop, we have enormously complex software that's available for free. Why clang does not send all my passwords to shady servers and Blender does not lock my computer and demand ransom? Yet flashlight app which cost 1 man-hour to develop demands "$1.99 or all your private data".
  - def_true_false 8y ago
    Use F-Droid.
  - UncleMeat 8y ago
    Clang and Blender are not the norm for desktop software.
  - pjmlp 8y ago
    Because Apple, Sony, Google, IBM, ARM, Microsoft,.... have other sources of revenue.
- mixmastamyk 8y ago
  Paid apps are turning to this as well.
- w1nst0nsm1th 8y ago
  I bought Office Suite Pro for 14$ or something on a rooted Android phone. Having access to the private data folder of the app (/data/data/...), I could read the content of a sqlite database created by the app... in which there was reference of all the files from the userspace storage (/sdcard). According to their privacy policy, they collect all the "data needed in order to improve their services and offering" and "can provide these data to third-party" for that purpose. Paying for an app on android platform is no assurance the app actually respect your privacy.

It's ridiculous that we accept that every piece of software we install is malware. A flashlight sells our location data? A text editor scrapes our photos? It doesn't have to be this way.

LarryDarrell 8y ago

I think you have nailed the core issue. We've normalized awful behavior on an awful platform and have justified an awful way of monetization. I'm not a smartphone power user (RSS, email, light internet), so I was really hoping FirefoxOS or the Ubuntu phone would generate some traction.

joseph8th 8y ago
Look into Purism Librem 5 with PureOS. They pushed release back to Q3 but it's a very interesting project.

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orf 8y ago

By all means leave your house unlocked while you’re away, and then complain that human nature shouldn’t be what it is.

username223 8y ago
I assume that the cops don't respond to the regular break-ins where you live, and instead blame you for your locks being too weak.
moorhosj 8y ago
Comparing two things doesn’t automatically make them the same.

dymk 8y ago

That's what you get when you live in a world where most people aren't willing to shell out $1.99 for their apps. Developer time isn't free, and these apps are going to be monetized somehow.

ungzd 8y ago
On desktop, we have enormously complex software that's available for free. Why clang does not send all my passwords to shady servers and Blender does not lock my computer and demand ransom? Yet flashlight app which cost 1 man-hour to develop demands "$1.99 or all your private data".
- def_true_false 8y ago
  Use F-Droid.
- UncleMeat 8y ago
  Clang and Blender are not the norm for desktop software.
- pjmlp 8y ago
  Because Apple, Sony, Google, IBM, ARM, Microsoft,.... have other sources of revenue.
mixmastamyk 8y ago
Paid apps are turning to this as well.
w1nst0nsm1th 8y ago
I bought Office Suite Pro for 14$ or something on a rooted Android phone. Having access to the private data folder of the app (/data/data/...), I could read the content of a sqlite database created by the app... in which there was reference of all the files from the userspace storage (/sdcard). According to their privacy policy, they collect all the "data needed in order to improve their services and offering" and "can provide these data to third-party" for that purpose. Paying for an app on android platform is no assurance the app actually respect your privacy.