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		mdoms on March 23, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft in talks to buy Discord for more than $1... If users cared about privacy no one would use Google/Android. If they cared about freedom they wouldn't use Apple/iphone. Frankly those issues, important as they may be to you, are low priorities for most users.

saagarjha on March 23, 2021 | [–]

You just eliminated the two most popular smartphone platforms. What choice do they have?

onedr0p on March 23, 2021 | | [–]

I think that was his point.

fsflover on March 24, 2021 | | | [–]

So how do you "care" about privacy if you have no choice?

Acrobatic_Road on March 23, 2021 | [–]

You assume most users are actually aware of the extent that these platforms abridge their freedoms and privacy.

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