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"Google introduces $50 4G smartphone to be able to rob billions of poor people of their personal data". Actually, if you're a surveillance capitalist, it's a v
by unicornporn 5y ago
"Google introduces $50 4G smartphone to be able to rob billions of poor people of their personal data".
Actually, if you're a surveillance capitalist, it's a very clever move to focus on a markets with users that can't afford to vote with their wallet.
- silverpepsi 5y agoWell that's cynical considering all this surveillance arises out of mere political indifference and/or laziness. Before any falsehoods get mentioned, in the poorest countries you'd better believe there's always a guy ready to make a micro business reflashing things for the technologically unskilled for pennies. If the demand exists. I'd say: less cynically, this whole thing paints a new target for the Chinese to chase with cut throat prices even lower. Meanwhile, as pragmatists, these Chinese manufacturers aren't categorically hesitant to make reflashing hard. Because they're not best friends with US companies to begin with to care.
- shynrou 5y agoYeah it really seems like just undercutting prices, to get their software out there. Similar to Amazons pricing of Echo and Kindle.
- fouc 5y agoFirst thought that occurs to me is that Google is ultimately aiming to benefit from the data. Same reason facebook pays for free mobile data when accessing fb in 3rd world countries.