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Re:Vendors must start adding physical on/off switches to dev... by sudoaza on Sunday April 21, 2019 @06:12AM (#19711427)
I would totally buy into this, recently i found two really disturbing facts that made me uninstall Instagram, - first that while its open it listens to what you say and then shows you adds based on that (no i didnt search for the same thing or could be an expected interest of me) - second i found that my location was briefly turning on and back off by itself, on one of those on/off and instagram notification arrived, after uninstalling that never repeated.

We need control back on our devices. I friend went so far as to add a physical on/off on he's macbook. I went out of my way to get a mobile i can root easily. There is a market for this.

Re:Vendors must start adding physical on/off switches to dev... by jondumbau on Sunday April 21, 2019 @07:03AM (#19711529)
Can anyone else comment or corroborate this? I don't disbelieve you but it's a gigantic if substantiated and would definitely get me to leave the platform.