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Comment by lysace

16 hours ago

Some of us do. I specifically picked a device that (supposedly) lacked cameras and microphones. LIDAR seemed okay.

I picked something that can be rooted and made cloud-free with Valetudo for the same reason

  • Why can't I pay to express my consumer preferences? Why must I deliberately buy broken stuff and fix it myself?

    There's enough broken stuff to fix at work.

    • >Why can't I pay to express my consumer preferences?

      Cool, I'll start a HW-FOSS robo-vac company in California tailored to your consumer preferences, that will be profitable without selling your data. Buy one for only $4,999. Orders start now.

      ...fast forward 12 months ...

      Damn, why did we already go out of business, I thought according to consumer preferences, people would pay 10x markup for privacy compared to spyware Chinese models?