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It seems worth talking about the fact that it appears to be the vendor of the phone putting this kind of snooping in place. Blaming Android is missing the real
by MattGrommes 5y ago
It seems worth talking about the fact that it appears to be the vendor of the phone putting this kind of snooping in place. Blaming Android is missing the real culprit. Like they say in the article, we need stronger controls on people's data for whoever happens to make the phone's OS.
- 3np 5y agoThere’s still data sent to Google as part of Android except for currently obscure ones like /e/ and Graphene. It’s like a combination of the desktop Windows of the 90s (malware preinstalled by vendors) and today (increasing surveillance by the OS developers) with Apple (you need to basically risk breaking the device and void the warranty to get away from it)
- closeparen 5y agoFor practical purposes Android is not just the open source codebase but also the economic institution, where various middlemen get to do sketchy and low-rent stuff in between the trusted brand and the consumer. That is the “openness” that sets it apart from its competitor.
- brundolf 5y agoAnd at the end of the day that's the reason I don't use it anymore. It's just the wild-west.