Google, You Creepy Sonofabitch

Post by roma1n » Thu, Jan 18, 2018, 6:13 PM UTC

ucaetano wrote: post #148

rburhum wrote: post #126

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because in the world we live in there are only two practical options; Android or iOS. Yes, you can do your homework and spend serious time customizing either one through the numerous amounts of gotchas to increase your privacy. At the end it boils down to "do you want Internet, email and maps that work in your phone? Good, deal with all this then!". If there was a single option that offered all of this at a reasonabl…

> If there was a single option that offered all of this at a reasonable price, you would see a lot of people moving to this. No, people would still go for the free product, killing the other option. If Google charges $1 per month for no tracking whatsoever, I'd bet that the vast, vast majority of the population wouldn't pay.

Post by calebgilbert » Thu, Jan 18, 2018, 6:13 PM UTC

fixermark wrote: post #60

calebgilbert wrote: post #27

Waiting for the first person to post something along the lines of: 'And why shouldn't Google do $x? It's part of their fiduciary duty to their shareholders, and anyone who doesn't like it can opt to exercise their rights as a consumer and use another product. I personally love having $x as part of my life and feel it is indispensable. Haters gonna hate. (where $x could be 'bashing babies in the head with a clawhammer…

Not just their fiduciary duty: it makes the product better for end-users. Crowd-sourcing data on local businesses gives them a lot fresher and more granular state than they can get with an army of paid scouts.

Post by megaman22 » Thu, Jan 18, 2018, 6:14 PM UTC

cromwellian wrote: post #198

How is this functionality different than an app asking you to review it after using it? The app “knows” your using it and prompts you to contribute to crowd sourced app reviews in the App Store. Apple likely knows what apps you have run unless you disable all diagnostics and lots of apps phone home. In this case, geo fencing is prompting you to review a location instead of an app. I think people rely on a lot more cr…

Post by specialist » Thu, Jan 18, 2018, 6:15 PM UTC

ehsankia wrote: post #151

fenwick67 wrote: post #111

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They're an advertising company that gets most of its profits by collecting personal information about people and trying to manipulate them into buying things. Sounds pretty unethical to me.

That's one way to look at it. Another way to look at it is: They're an advertisement company that profits from showing you the most relevant data and things that you will like. It's all about perspective. You can take anything and spin it to be nefarious if you try hard enough.

Post by thebiglebrewski » Thu, Jan 18, 2018, 6:17 PM UTC

netinstructions wrote: post #11

thebiglebrewski wrote: post #2

Oh man this is what I hate the most about my Pixel. How can I turn it off?

Press and hold on the notification itself. Alternatively, press and hold on the notification and start to slide left/right (still holding) to reveal a gears icon. It should be a shortcut that takes you to the notification settings for that app with the option to toggle them on/off.