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Re:Apple, Google ban location tracking in apps using their c... by mantap on Monday May 04, 2020 @05:37PM (#23073609)
I don't think that's what they're doing. Intersection of people who care about privacy and people who wouldn't see through that tactic is tiny.

They are using the NHS brand to get high adoption.

Plus the UK govt slogan right now is literally "protect the NHS", the existing Conservative party opposition to the NHS is basically gone now, hopefully for good.

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Re:Apple, Google ban location tracking in apps using their c... by pjc50 on Monday May 04, 2020 @05:50PM (#23073743)
> Plus the UK govt slogan right now is literally "protect the NHS", the existing Conservative party opposition to the NHS is basically gone now, hopefully for good.

One does not follow from the other. Slogans substitute for competency and funding. The opposition is both ideological and directly financially motivated, so I expect the fragmentary privatization to continue.

Watch out for a "now we must pay for coronavirus" user surcharge appearing ...

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