At the time, Google was genuinely more trustworthy than Microsoft. I don't know if you remember when Google had 'do no evil' as part of its mission statement, but it seemed like they actually made some token effort to follow that.

Microsoft, of course, is doing its best to make Windows as bad as Android in the spying-on-users front.

Ah fuck again?

Nitter, too.

Meanwhile, this seems to be in development:
https://www.twillot.com/en/twitter-viewer#viewer

Your link doesnt work, xcancel got suspended.

Eh, I tried.

I loved how he showed the printout of LGs legal agreements - somewhere around 10 hours of continuous reading - and that doesn't even encompass the agreements of LGs partners who they sell your data to

Louis Rossman commented yesterday that he is happy that LG reacted like all these companies do - they just lie, which according to him makes his job easier

Don’t want to piss off your advertisers?

It's just that.

Does the UK government not do cryptographically signed emails?

Tom sharded in his wares

I feel the sentiment not the tech itself. 👌

GN responded to this on their channel, it's worth a watch.

They basically said "no, you lie" then continue on to say they do everything they're accused of, but in wording designed to be confusing or just using different words that mean the same thing.

Oh, and saying everyone else does it. And the agreement you HAVE to say yes to allows them to. And that it's YOUR responsibility to not have THEM record children, guests, etc. without their knowledge.

I just drip super glue into the mic hole and then fill it with cotton ball fluff lol

Coils have just cut traces of mic chip with a scalpel and keep the chip itself. Then, if needed, could solder traces back together so it works again. Wouldn't be so difficult to be fair.

I imagine if you have a sim card tray removal tool you might just be able to use that.

I miss when TV was a vacuum tube and entertainment didn't take up our entire lives.

I am sorry to hear you experience mental health issues in your life and are projecting. Are you okay?

That is exactly what I was telling you. Get a clue.

Eh. Which one? I once had a $10 Nokia phone that ran Windows... 8? The mobile version, I mean. I got it for shits and giggles. It was cheap and I thought, no way could this thing be good. It actually surprised me. I ended up gifting it to a friend who needed a phone. I think he got like 2 years out of that thing.

Windows Phone before the iPhone was trash though. The old smartphones. Most of them were hot garbage. The iPhone cleaned house for a reason. Later Windows phones weren't bad, they just didn't sell.

Really?

Do better.

I loved when Facebook took out a full page ad saying ATT was hurting small businesses. I love how Tim Cook introduced it. I'm paraphrasing, but he said something like "starting with iOS version whatever, Facebook will still be able to track you across the web via your iPhone. They just need your permission first." And he shows the prompt and shows that you can hit yes or no, or allow or decline, whatever it is. I actually have the setting that doesn't allow them to ask. They are allowed to make a case to you, but they can't track until you say yes or hit allow. And that's how it should be.

The thing is, people are looking real hard at what Apple is doing, and Apple is saying they're a privacy company. Their words are "Privacy. That's iPhone." But people are reporting that that isn't always the case. And now they have ads in Maps. They've had them in the App Store. They suppress apps that are free and only promote apps with recurring subscriptions. And I suppose that's their right, but the App Store itself is just so toxic these days. They're adding more ads. Those who say Google isn't an advertising company are straight up wrong, but they just remember when Google was a search company or an email company. Now they are an ad company. I'm wrong to say Apple is a computer company. They're a phone company now. It's close enough that I'm not being disingenuous. One day they may be an advertising company, too. But that's what people want. People buy phones from the advertising company over the phone/computer company for whatever reason. I'm not saying Apple is struggling. They're not. But they're following the money.

Probably less bitter than your meds.

Kind of like if I'm asked if I will ever buy a LG or smart tv; nuh uh.

What does it taste like?