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by helpfulContrib 527 days ago
>Not everyone wants the software/OSes we run to automatically send data elsewhere.

I personally find it offensive when a mega-corp makes the assumption that my connection to the Internet is available for them to build for-profit services without giving me sufficient agency.

The cant-disable-Wifi-safely dark pattern is bad enough. But turning me into a data harvester for their million-dollar services, without even thinking about giving me a cut?

No thanks.

Alas, these anti-patterns have become a norm by way of ignorance, and its not getting better.