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Re:Ask HN: Why is Google Premium not a thing? by HWR_14 on Saturday May 14, 2022 @01:35PM (#31380330)
Ultimately, you have to trust someone. Unless you write your own compilers in machine code, and get the source, review it, etc. you have to trust someone along the chain. Hell, Intel/AMD could be fucking with you via the CPU.

If I have to trust someone, I trust the multi-trillion dollar company built on privacy. If they are found to be spying on people, the hit to the wealth of everyone who works there will be massive.

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Re:Ask HN: Why is Google Premium not a thing? by fartcannon on Saturday May 14, 2022 @04:11PM (#31381863)
They're built on advertising. The same advertising that makes you think they're not spying on you.
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Re:Ask HN: Why is Google Premium not a thing? by HWR_14 on Sunday May 15, 2022 @02:09AM (#31385589)
Apple doesn't sell advertising, nor do I think they spy on me. Or become famous and probably dialed rich by publishing the details of how they do so
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