Capitalism didn't corrupt privacy. Literally every major messaging and smartphone maker integrated e2e encryption because the user wants it. It is government regulations, that wants to kill privacy. Which is not free markets or capitalism, this is more socialism.
Meta, Microsoft, Google, & Apple have a profit motive for scooping up everything they can.
Every government in the world wants to do the same scooping, but their motive is "security."
These are not separate activities either. Governments are mandating the collection by corporations, so they can use that channel for their own purposes.
I can hear Tim Curry's delivery of that in my head. So good.
Context, for the uninitiated: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1Sq1Nr58hM
Looks like Musk and Bezos are going to beat you to it.
Capitalism didn't corrupt privacy. Literally every major messaging and smartphone maker integrated e2e encryption because the user wants it. It is government regulations, that wants to kill privacy. Which is not free markets or capitalism, this is more socialism.
Capitalism didn't corrupt privacy.
Meta, Microsoft, and Google's extensive user tracking beg to differ.
It's not either or.
Meta, Microsoft, Google, & Apple have a profit motive for scooping up everything they can.
Every government in the world wants to do the same scooping, but their motive is "security."
These are not separate activities either. Governments are mandating the collection by corporations, so they can use that channel for their own purposes.
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The original submission is about GrapheneOS, not Meta or Google though.