The real problem with spyware is that we don’t really have the choice. Sure, one can install lineage os and use fdroid to stay google free, but as soon as one wants to use anything commercial, say to watch videos, buy music, communicate with non-geeks, order a taxi, whatever… any app will simply take control of your phone and send all the data it can grab to its home server. And if you don’t do it on your phone yourself, all your friends are doing it anyway and their phones share all the data they know about you.
We have a real problem and we are only starting to realise the size of it.
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