How to stay private when using Android

Re:How to stay private when using Android by asdkhadsj on Wednesday January 01, 2020 @12:13PM (#21929012)

Depends on what criteria you care about. In the example of polling, and the data that can leak from said polling, it's only different in the sense that we _know_ Google is evil in this equation.

So if this is a concern of yours you should definitely not use Google, and you should probably not use Apple.

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Re:How to stay private when using Android by izacus on Wednesday January 01, 2020 @05:03PM (#21931046)

What the heck does "we _know_ Google is evil" actually mean?

This isn't a Marvell movie, how does doing the same thing by two different corporations make a difference beyond you buying into brand marketing?

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Re:How to stay private when using Android by asdkhadsj on Thursday January 02, 2020 @09:49AM (#21935742)

Simply a meme about exploiting your user data as extremely as Google can. Ie, I am their sole business model on the advertising front.

A good example is many of the things outlined in this post. People _trying_ to use Android privately, but after an update Google switches all of their privacy settings back to giving Google everything - and it syncs all old stuff to boot.

That behavior is what I consider actively combatant towards the consumer. It's like how Comcast just keeps finding ways to make incremental fees, "accidentally" charge people, etc.

These are under what I consider "evil" for corporations.

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