minnix ( minnix@lemux.minnix.dev ) to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 years agoFrom its start, Gmail conditioned us to trade privacy for free serviceswww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square34linkfedilinkarrow-up1289
arrow-up1289external-linkFrom its start, Gmail conditioned us to trade privacy for free serviceswww.engadget.comminnix ( minnix@lemux.minnix.dev ) to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square34linkfedilink
minus-squareKraven_the_Hunter ( Kraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) linkfedilinkarrow-up22·3 years agoJust imagine if they hadn’t taken this approach. We might be paying for services and still not getting any privacy.
minus-squarelemmyreader ( lemmyreader@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·3 years agoGood point, except that this, paying for services and still not getting any privacy, is a reality. But maybe your remark was ironic :)
minus-squareKraven_the_Hunter ( Kraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) linkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 years agoThe best dry humor is that which the audience has to assume is meant to be funny, because the alternative is that it’s just the sad reality…
minus-squarebananamuffinsurprise ( dumnezo@lemm.ee ) linkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 years agoSpot on. There’s no amount of money in the world that would make them not spy on your and use your data for ads and God knows what else. The only sane alternative is FOSS.
minus-squarePossibly linux ( possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 years agoFOSS does nothing if you don’t control the data
Just imagine if they hadn’t taken this approach. We might be paying for services and still not getting any privacy.
Good point, except that this, paying for services and still not getting any privacy, is a reality. But maybe your remark was ironic :)
The best dry humor is that which the audience has to assume is meant to be funny, because the alternative is that it’s just the sad reality…
Spot on. There’s no amount of money in the world that would make them not spy on your and use your data for ads and God knows what else.
The only sane alternative is FOSS.
FOSS does nothing if you don’t control the data