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Re:Google Chrome just rolled out a new way to track you and ... by xg15 on Monday September 11, 2023 @03:17PM (#37472307)
> I have a lot more power not to use Chrome or Android than not to be under the rule of a hostile government

Yeah, you can choose between Google or Apple. Hooray.

It's practically impossible to avoid Google if you value having a social life. Enough people have tried.

> Reagonomics was about thinking the government is incompetent. I think the government is hostile.

Oh yeah great, so it's even worse than Reaganomics.

At least a government csn be kept in check by a construction and can be changed by elections.

On the other hand, corporations have no obligations towards you at all. It's the entire point of private enterprise that they can do what they want and don't owe any responsibility.

Re:Google Chrome just rolled out a new way to track you and ... by scarface_74 on Monday September 11, 2023 @03:50PM (#37472684)
> At least a government csn be kept in check by a construction and can be changed by elections.

That’s cute in theory. But the way that the electoral college is designed, the Senate with two votes, gerrymandering etc that doesn’t work out too well in practice.

Democracy works fine if you’re in the majority - well not actually see all of the caveats above - but that doesn’t work if you are in the minority - any type of minority.

> It's the entire point of private enterprise that they can do what they want and don't owe any responsibility.

I could argue the same about law enforcement, imminent domain, civil forfeiture, and getting harassed because I “look suspicious”