Most people do not care as long as they do not feel immediate negative consequences. Plus there is a certain pressure (social and economical) to use spyware for the benefit of some gigacorp. People need to have a certain mindset to value privacy and data sovereignty and be willing to take action
this post was submitted on 07 Jul 2023
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Unfortunately this is so true. Even my family believe that I'm weird just because I have brought this concern few times.
These products - Googles convenience products as well as the Social Media shite - were introduced gradually at the time. The single steps people took towards using these products seemed innocuous. Before you know it, your whole life is enmeshed in a privacy nightmare and the convenience and quality you were used to is gone. It's like buying an apartment in a nice place of town and then within the next two decades the area turns into a shady ghetto slum.
I think they either don't care or don't know. I hady partner reread the tos she clicked away without reading and was horrified
Yeah, I noticed that too, I just hope the amount of people who do care is big enough to have a nice and thriving community outside of corporate control.