These days its very hard to buy a phone from a reputable brand.

  • Norgur@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Yes and no. It does use value, yet Google may not be aware that it does, so it doesn’t for them. Besides, the issue is not what your data is worth, it’s that they have it in the first place.

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      If enough people join in the same behaviour, Google will notice all the data gathering is losing value, and if the value is low enough the effort to gather it should be directed to something else. As a result new data is not gathered.