*how many more* of these are we going to have to have before people start to wake up?
Good question. Why are you continuing to store important data on an advertising platform? Wouldn't it make more sense to spend $2-$5/month on your own email/doc storage? When are YOU going to wake up?
Well, that's nice and all for the "TV", but it won't do anything to stop other humans (like me) from doing things with strangers' Alexa gadgets. I have a neighbor that routinely leaves his "smart speaker" on too loudly. I just shut it off through the door. If he continues, I'll just start order large tubs of lube and rubbers for him.
Also, when I go into somebody's house, I'll ask them to turn off any of their recording devices. Just to make sure, I will also try to order some escorts via a smart speaker. It works 100% of the time.
What's a popular "SoC"?
I do have a retail store where I can buy unlocked phones for cash (Micro Center!), luckily. The trick is just matching up what they have with the *exact* model that Lineage supports. I've tried that a couple of times, and both times found out after the fact that that particular, specific, sub-model didn't work with Lineage for whatever reason.
The main thing I don't want is Google or Apple capturing all of my data and tracking everything I do. I need to be able to use email all of the time, and make phone calls, but that's all I need.
What "Revamping of Youtube"? Youtube is still as much of a cesspool as it's always been.
I'm sorry, but if you look at recent US history, you'll see very few, if any, privacy laws passed in favor of regular people in the past few decades. It's not going to happen. We have an incredibly corrupt government.
It's super fucking simple. "Smart" phones are not secure, and are designed primarily as listening/data gathering devices. Important and wealthy people should NOT use smart phones. I'm a target (much smaller target than Bezos, obviously), and I use a smart phone as little as possible. As soon as the situation presents itself, I'll be getting rid of all of my smart phones for flip phones.
Clean up your own shit, Fuckerberg. Your ad network is full of garbage because you have decided not to spend the money that it takes to keep it not shit-filled.
Unfortunately for the rest of us, the truth is that your business model doesn't work if you have to pay humans to moderate content. But, don't worry. In the US, you can continue to buy Congresspeople, and the rest of us non-billionaires just have to eat shit. You'll be fine.
If you have an Android phone, the one of the largest software companies on the planet is spying on you. Being concerned about smaller companies doesn't really make any sense.
If you have a smart phone, you are already being tracked and spied on.
People are already giving away their personal information hand over fist for the sake of convenience or some stupid, mindless entertainment, so I would imagine they'd happily to it in exchange for saving a few bucks a month.
Meanwhile, it will inconvenience hundreds of millions of people.
Well, that's certainly the most important thing, isn't it? "Convenience". You must be American. I've only heard Americans spouting, "I don't want to help save our environment because it will inconvenience me." Jesus Christ, that's a level of selfishness that you must be proud of.
You mean that you don't consider the fact that they control the vast majority of online communications sufficient? Wow.
They don't control anything. People (namely, dumb people) choose to use these advertising platforms for communication. Email is 100% open. Anybody on the planet can set up a web page. Nobdyd is forced to use any of these platforms. I communicate with nobody on these platforms, and I do more things in my life than most people do.
It sounds like you're proposing a new sort of law where the government dictates speech by private corporations. What you're proposing is literally the antithesis to free speech.
I think the problem is that if you check out a "Whites are Better than Other Races" Facebook page, for whatever reason, and you see an ad on there for some big company, that doesn't look too good for that company. Not a lot of people do, but I, and some other people I know are careful to spend our money only with companies that spend their money responsibly. I have spent money advertising on Facebook in the past, but I've stopped doing so and won't do it again until they clean up their act (which I know isn't likely). I know that there are legitimate, non-racist customers that I'm missing by not advertising on Facebook, but to me, not spending money to organizations that directly cause this sort of stuff is more important to me than finding more customers.
Oh no! Your right to say whatever you want on somebody else's network and transfer money on somebody else's system is being trampled! Somebody call the Supreme Court!
They can say whatever they want. They Constitution doesn't say anything about being able to make a profit off of speech. GAB can and does exist on the Internet. If they want to take money, people can send them money. No payment platform (which are private) have any obligation to work with them.
I don't know of any sort of major advertiser that wants to be associated with that sort of stuff. That's the right wing sites just have ads for fake drugs, gun safes, and other such nonsense. It's not worth alienating 80-90% of your customer base to try to pander to 5%.
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*how many more* of these are we going to have to have before people start to wake up?
Good question. Why are you continuing to store important data on an advertising platform? Wouldn't it make more sense to spend $2-$5/month on your own email/doc storage? When are YOU going to wake up?
Jeez, I bet you're fun at parties.
Well, that's nice and all for the "TV", but it won't do anything to stop other humans (like me) from doing things with strangers' Alexa gadgets. I have a neighbor that routinely leaves his "smart speaker" on too loudly. I just shut it off through the door. If he continues, I'll just start order large tubs of lube and rubbers for him.
Also, when I go into somebody's house, I'll ask them to turn off any of their recording devices. Just to make sure, I will also try to order some escorts via a smart speaker. It works 100% of the time.
What's a popular "SoC"? I do have a retail store where I can buy unlocked phones for cash (Micro Center!), luckily. The trick is just matching up what they have with the *exact* model that Lineage supports. I've tried that a couple of times, and both times found out after the fact that that particular, specific, sub-model didn't work with Lineage for whatever reason.
The main thing I don't want is Google or Apple capturing all of my data and tracking everything I do. I need to be able to use email all of the time, and make phone calls, but that's all I need.
No, dipshit AC. I knew Chrome was tracking. I didn't know Edge was Chrome until recently.
It's Firefox for me, then. The last remaining browser that doesn't track and spy on me...?
Yeah, I spend all day in email. That's all I need my "smart" phone for. I should probably look into flip phones that handle email well.
What "Revamping of Youtube"? Youtube is still as much of a cesspool as it's always been.
I'm sorry, but if you look at recent US history, you'll see very few, if any, privacy laws passed in favor of regular people in the past few decades. It's not going to happen. We have an incredibly corrupt government.
It's super fucking simple. "Smart" phones are not secure, and are designed primarily as listening/data gathering devices. Important and wealthy people should NOT use smart phones. I'm a target (much smaller target than Bezos, obviously), and I use a smart phone as little as possible. As soon as the situation presents itself, I'll be getting rid of all of my smart phones for flip phones.
Clean up your own shit, Fuckerberg. Your ad network is full of garbage because you have decided not to spend the money that it takes to keep it not shit-filled.
Unfortunately for the rest of us, the truth is that your business model doesn't work if you have to pay humans to moderate content. But, don't worry. In the US, you can continue to buy Congresspeople, and the rest of us non-billionaires just have to eat shit. You'll be fine.
. Google is big enough to regulate and is subject to US law.
Are you kidding? The US has no laws about data privacy.
Also, Google is boycot-able, and responsive to market pressures
Again, are you kidding, or are you being serious?
Hey, buddy. None of that matters if *my* electric bill for my house goes up by $10/month. You're trampling my *freedom*!
If you have an Android phone, the one of the largest software companies on the planet is spying on you. Being concerned about smaller companies doesn't really make any sense.
If you have a smart phone, you are already being tracked and spied on.
People are already giving away their personal information hand over fist for the sake of convenience or some stupid, mindless entertainment, so I would imagine they'd happily to it in exchange for saving a few bucks a month.
You don't get a 4 year degree to write code. You either learn it yourself, or go to a community college.
Meanwhile, it will inconvenience hundreds of millions of people.
Well, that's certainly the most important thing, isn't it? "Convenience". You must be American. I've only heard Americans spouting, "I don't want to help save our environment because it will inconvenience me." Jesus Christ, that's a level of selfishness that you must be proud of.
This will last about two years and then the rebellion will occur as people will be fed up with the shit that they have to put up with.
Oh, you delicate little AC snowflake you. Heaven forbid you have to use paper or glass or aluminum.
You mean that you don't consider the fact that they control the vast majority of online communications sufficient? Wow.
They don't control anything. People (namely, dumb people) choose to use these advertising platforms for communication. Email is 100% open. Anybody on the planet can set up a web page. Nobdyd is forced to use any of these platforms. I communicate with nobody on these platforms, and I do more things in my life than most people do.
It sounds like you're proposing a new sort of law where the government dictates speech by private corporations. What you're proposing is literally the antithesis to free speech.
I think the problem is that if you check out a "Whites are Better than Other Races" Facebook page, for whatever reason, and you see an ad on there for some big company, that doesn't look too good for that company. Not a lot of people do, but I, and some other people I know are careful to spend our money only with companies that spend their money responsibly. I have spent money advertising on Facebook in the past, but I've stopped doing so and won't do it again until they clean up their act (which I know isn't likely). I know that there are legitimate, non-racist customers that I'm missing by not advertising on Facebook, but to me, not spending money to organizations that directly cause this sort of stuff is more important to me than finding more customers.
There's a good argument to be made that companies like Twitter/FB/YT are public spaces
What's that argument? I don't use any of those things, and I can communicate freely with anybody I want to.
Also, these aren't communication platforms, they're advertising platforms.
None of what is being described is censorship.
Oh no! Your right to say whatever you want on somebody else's network and transfer money on somebody else's system is being trampled! Somebody call the Supreme Court!
They can say whatever they want. They Constitution doesn't say anything about being able to make a profit off of speech. GAB can and does exist on the Internet. If they want to take money, people can send them money. No payment platform (which are private) have any obligation to work with them.
I don't know of any sort of major advertiser that wants to be associated with that sort of stuff. That's the right wing sites just have ads for fake drugs, gun safes, and other such nonsense. It's not worth alienating 80-90% of your customer base to try to pander to 5%.