”only on the web”, …yeah right.
Who made this meme forgot about android lol
…and chromeOS
More like “you guys have users?”
(I use Linux btw)
I was going to down vote you to oblivion but then saw you use Linux. You are allowed to diss on it then.
Google has no room to talk here with Android.
or chromeos
Ironically a Linux-derived OS.
It’s always good practice to be careful who you trust with your data. Open =/= private. More choices helps, though.
Ironically a Linux-derived OS.
Nothing ironic about it. There’s nothing mystical about Linux, it’s just a kernel. The guy who made it says he doesn’t care about anything but code.
Personally, I only care about the code. When I say maybe there are people who worry about walled gardens and cloud providers who take ownership of your data, I am not one of those people. That’s not what I actually care about. That’s not what I do. What I do is code. What I care about is code.
Android is very far from linux desktop. And it is private, its is google services that are bad, therefore we can have things like calyx and graphene os still be private.
Depends on how one frames it. It’s not the Stallman-defined “GNU+Linux” pureblood OS, but it nevertheless is built from a modified version of the Linux kernel.
And like any OS it can be made private and secure with the right components…or it can be cracked open like a data-farming egg without them.
I guess I can just take the low-hanging fruit and invoke Ubuntu as an alternative example, which was once something of a Linux entry point but has become more than fine collecting user data.
“derived” doing a lot of heavy lifting here.
More like
Microsoft … I make billions spying Google … I make billions spying Apple … I make billions spying
Linux … you guys make money spying?
Linux … you guys make money
spying?apple doesnt make billions spying. facebook and amazon do of course too.
Apple made 4 billion in 2023 from selling advertisements on their devices. Sure, it’s only ~1% of Google’s ad business buts still technically billions
That’s not the same as spying. Apple famously doesn’t hand over user data to ad companies.
Yes, they do. They’re just better at pretending they don’t.
Facebook doesn’t need to spy, the users give it up willingly.
They also spy, because just a few billion isn’t enough
I feel like MS and Google should be switched. Web probably has more harvestable info. Plus phones.
Phones is absolutely a valid point these days, IMO OS > web + web browser in terms of what you can get.
MS and google both know what porn you are looking at. What you buy from your PC etc… MS knows how much time you are spending playing games + has screenshots of all your encrypted conversations etc…
The OS handles all the network requests, can take screenshots, and track your eyes
But yeah Google Linux is way more popular than Windows for personal use
google through only the web, what a fucking joke. if you have a google account check your activity history. it will list the times you have opened an app.
if you don’t have a google account but your phone has google services, don’t be afraid that you can’t check it, they’re still harvesting it.
want to avoid it?
Step 0: don’t by samsung. xiaomi neither, they plan to make you unable to execute the next step.
Step 1: unlock your phone. take ownership into your hands. but back up your photos, the 2FA Authenticator app’s data and whatever else is important, because it will get deleted.
Step 2: install a privacy oriented custom ROM.
Step 3: profitkeep bank services contained in the firefox browser. if they don’t allow access there, switch banks, you’ll be better off with a smaller one anyways.
GrapheneOS for google pixel phones, otherwise CalyxOS, DivestOS, maybe even IodéOS. All of these are Android but with better defaults, without irremovable spying garbage, and with some features nowhere else available.
if your phone is not supported by these, check LineageOS. or plan your next phone purchase according to the compatibility list of the above. if you’re going for longevity but you don’t need a flagship, Fairphone is agood choice, if you can look away from the lack of a JACK.
If all else fails, you can try using whatever the lastest community supported fork of Universal Android Debloater is. It uses ADB to remove bloatware, which bypasses vendor locks on keeping certain apps installed.
Obviously no real replacement for custom ROMs, but it’s better than nothing.
That’s undoubtedly useful, but won’t help with the google part, even if it uninstalls some google apps
spy
Spy ON.
