I recently switched to iOS for this reason. Yes there are permissions - but Android still periodically activated location services despite my settings.
Googles insistence on capturing as much data as possible about me is just creepy. I disabled voice search, location history, and everything else I could. Switching to DuckDuckGo made a big difference, but still the data gets swallowed up.
I know that Apple is only slightly better - but I’ll take whatever privacy I can get.
Re:Android P
by toxik on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @03:48AM
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It was said in another thread, Apple's financial interests align better with their users -- Google keep insisting on stalking their own users. I'm so happy I don't have a Gmail account.
Googles insistence on capturing as much data as possible about me is just creepy. I disabled voice search, location history, and everything else I could. Switching to DuckDuckGo made a big difference, but still the data gets swallowed up.
I know that Apple is only slightly better - but I’ll take whatever privacy I can get.