• Luminous5481 "Enemy of the State"@anarchist.nexus
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    21 hours ago

    the difference is that Google is actually doing bad things, and you’re just sharing conjecture about something you believe MIGHT POSSIBLY happen at some point in the indeterminate future.

    this is without even considering that the belief in question is supported by a new account, registered hours ago to post an accusation without any proof to back it up besides a random issue posted to a random Codeberg, that was created very recently by an account with no history, to share rumors about Tracfone.

    do you believe every single thing people tell you? because if so, I have some oceanfront property in Wyoming to sell you, and there’s a Nigerian prince who wants to finance it it, he just needs you to send me $10,000 so he can unlock his assets and send you $1,000,000.

      • Buffalobuffalo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        20 hours ago

        Maybe we find out the profit from including ads and spyware isn’t so much, and it all turns out great? Moto sees the chance to get on the right side of consumers and sells phones as a result.

      • OneMeaningManyNames@lemmy.ml
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        19 hours ago

        Is this …conjecture? I will make two points.

        1. They might want to market the phones to security-minded people, say the banking sector, governments, etc. They have the funds to spend and have high stakes.
        2. GrapheneOS as it is now already gets flack for supposed backdoors in Pixels. The common response to that is that independent audits have shown that GrapheneOS phones are resistant to common penetration and surveillance attacks. No matter the hardware, independent audits are what makes people trust GrapheneOS. If future audits revise that trust, the community will just move forward.