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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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How much data are your GPU drivers collecting about you? Quite a lot in Intel's case (www.techradar.com)

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[–] [email protected] -4 points 2 years ago (14 children)

Thing is, there are alternatives but people settle for cheap and convenient. Lots of people hate Apple because of some odd contrarian marketing reason. Apple doesn’t do this. Linux is another option. Both are hugely better for regular people than Windows.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (9 children)

Let’s be fair. Apple doesn’t do this quite so blatantly and egregiously, but they do it. They collect plenty of telemetry, and it’s getting harder to opt-out of/block it with their own chipsets.

Edit: I say this as an Apple user.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Yes. A lot of Linux folks hate Apple because they are every bit slimey as Windows but hide behind a veneer of respectability due to higher-end nature of the market they target. So a bunch of yuppies shill for them.

I have an American cousin who refuses to contact me on either WhatsApp, Signal, or Telegram (I gave him three fucking' options) because "I only trust Apple with my contacts list "

Ok, well I'm not spending a euro-per SMS, so we won't casually chat from time to time. Goodbye.

I might be a bit jaded.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Bunch of people I know (as an American) use Signal and Telegram along with iMessage. Your cousin sounds like a pretentious dickhead

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Bingo! He's a New-York-based cinematographer. You hit the nail on the head. 😂