minnix@lemux.minnix.dev to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 months agoFrom its start, Gmail conditioned us to trade privacy for free serviceswww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-linkFrom its start, Gmail conditioned us to trade privacy for free serviceswww.engadget.comminnix@lemux.minnix.dev to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squareKraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months agoJust imagine if they hadn’t taken this approach. We might be paying for services and still not getting any privacy.
minus-squarelemmyreader@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-26 months agoGood point, except that this, paying for services and still not getting any privacy, is a reality. But maybe your remark was ironic :)
minus-squarebananamuffinsurprise@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months 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@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months 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 :)
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