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Re:Apple Has Opened the Backdoor to Increased Surveillance a... by strofcon on Thursday August 12, 2021 @11:16AM (#28157387)
And Google's entire Code of Conduct used to be "Don't Be Evil". Things change. Money drives all decisions, at all levels above the visceral.

Unfortunately, historical precedent for any given business entity provides absolute zero evidence of probable future behavior. :-\

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Re:Apple Has Opened the Backdoor to Increased Surveillance a... by nicce on Thursday August 12, 2021 @11:24AM (#28157492)
Shouldn't we change our behavior after the bad things happen? Not based on speculation? I have dumped Google completely once they changed drastically.
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Re:Apple Has Opened the Backdoor to Increased Surveillance a... by strofcon on Thursday August 12, 2021 @11:39AM (#28157683)
I agree we should do so! That said, we should discourage behavior that is absolutely guaranteed to be abusive in the future.

We can call it speculation - that doesn't mean it's wrong. Power is the play, and companies will always be leveraged for the benefit of the powerful. This seems pretty indisputable to me.

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