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Re:Apple AirTags draining battery of devices close by by approxim8ion on Friday March 11, 2022 @08:34AM (#30639645)
Because as long as you can do one, you have no reason to do the other if you are not philosophically inclined to. They are absolutely at odds with each other.
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Re:Apple AirTags draining battery of devices close by by cruano on Friday March 11, 2022 @09:25AM (#30640270)
> if you are not philosophically inclined to

You can be pushed by shareholders/public opinion, in the same way they get pushed to be environmentally or privacy conscious

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Re:Apple AirTags draining battery of devices close by by fsflover on Friday March 11, 2022 @09:33AM (#30640370)
It's naive to think that a push by environmental/conscious reasons is as strong as one by the money.
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Re:Apple AirTags draining battery of devices close by by jen20 on Friday March 11, 2022 @10:04AM (#30640757)
Ironic given the original reason that GNU exists is not monetary.
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Re:Apple AirTags draining battery of devices close by by fsflover on Friday March 11, 2022 @10:11AM (#30640827)
Why is this ironic? It just proves my point: how large is GNU and how large is Apple?
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