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Fair enough. Although still, I fail to see how Google being an advertising company makes it any better or worse than any other company? The only possible Googl
by PieSquared 18y ago
Fair enough. Although still, I fail to see how Google being an advertising company makes it any better or worse than any other company?
The only possible Google-related complaint I can see towards Android (ignoring the usual, tech-wise complaints) is that since it's made by Google maybe it will have advertising... Or something along the lines of that? But I haven't seen or heard anyone saying anything about ads on Android, so I don't think Android being made by Google is any worse than Mac OSX for iPhone being made by Apple.
Quite the opposite, since at least Android gives you some sort of freedom in the source.
And speaking of the FSF - I have to agree, they do seem a bit like crazy cultists sometimes. Stallman, for instance.
- unalone 18y agoIt doesn't make it better or worse, but it means that their motivation in all things is to figure out how to spread their advertisements elsewhere. The fact that you need a Google account to use the phone means that they have the ability to monitor what you're doing, and that's slightly skeevy. I mean, don't get me wrong: I don't think Google will abuse that information. I gladly use my Google account when I have to. But some people are rather worried by that sort of thing.