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Re:Grindr and OKCupid Sell Your Data, but Twitter’s MoPub Is... by stevenjohns on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @02:30AM (#22167201)
That shouldn’t be the responsibility of the users. It’s the responsibility of the manufacturer, even if the end user isn’t aware of or care for those improvements.

This takes place in every industry except for software development.

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Re:Grindr and OKCupid Sell Your Data, but Twitter’s MoPub Is... by mschuster91 on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @05:23AM (#22168046)
> It’s the responsibility of the manufacturer, even if the end user isn’t aware of or care for those improvements.

Manufacturers are incentivized to install bloatware and, in some cases, outright malware.

Fixing this requires legal action.

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Re:Grindr and OKCupid Sell Your Data, but Twitter’s MoPub Is... by ajsnigrutin on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @08:00AM (#22168919)
> It’s the responsibility of the manufacturer

In case of google (android), it's the manufacturer (of the OS) earning money on this

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