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This is the kind of crap that convinced me to switch to Apple handsets back in the day when they were still a pain to use for various reasons (remember upgradin
by IgorPartola 6y ago
This is the kind of crap that convinced me to switch to Apple handsets back in the day when they were still a pain to use for various reasons (remember upgrading by connecting to iTunes with a cable?). Apple does some shady shady things but not with my privacy.
Incidentally though they do have some settings you might want to check out though. One in particular let Facebook spy on your other apps so fine tune their ads.
- brnt 6y agoA solution that doesn't merely change masters but gets rid of them entirely would be to get a phone with LineageOS. When I need a new one, the Lineage supported devices list is the only list I care about.
- izacus 6y agoThis is a bizarre post considering that Apple collects very similar data via their analytics (there's an opt-out you need to select on your iOS device to opt out) and Apple Store itself (which counts downloads and knows about every update, install and uninstall of an app on your iOS device with no alternative option for you as a user). If you really care about your privacy in this case, Apple devices won't save you either. The difference is just in the fact that ArsTechnica decided not to write an article about it, but your data is being uploaded all the same :/
- coldcode 6y agoNo the difference with Apple is they don't make money off of your data, they make money selling you devices. Google needs to know about your data in order to sell it or ads or whatever to third parties.
- IgorPartola 6y agoThey don’t need your data to show you ads. DDG has a really nice post about that. They do it because they can and because they can sell the data itself. That sucks.