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So it boils down to companies make most of the OSs for devices. Governments can compel companies to do stuff. The only option for the truly privacy conscious

So it boils down to companies make most of the OSs for devices. Governments can compel companies to do stuff. The only option for the truly privacy conscious is to not use a company provided OS. The future is in buying a phone and flashing the ROM you want. Until even owning a non-standard phone becomes illegal.

userbinator 5y ago
Until even owning a non-standard phone becomes illegal. A similar scenario was found in Stallman's disturbingly-prescient story 24 years ago: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.en.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.en.html