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Netflix says people just kind of rolled over and accepted the password sharing crackdown::Netflix subscriptions are up almost 6 million this quarter, suggesting we're all just too exhausted to fight this stuff

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[–] orion2145@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I once refused to buy an iPhone because of Apple’s closed ecosystem and legal battles with competitors. And, well…

[–] weedazz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I used to be the same way, and I believed in Google's vision of "don't be evil" and making a mobile os that unified all kinds of devices all around the world. But now I'm finally considering getting the next iphone as Google makes it clearer every day that their products exists to comodotize me and my data (and also now I've gotten to a place in life where I can afford buying into apples closed ecosystem)

[–] sapient_cogbag@infosec.pub 3 points 1 year ago

I'd just install custom ROMs with no google crap in them, like LineageOS.

Then grab stuff from F-Droid.

[–] DeanFogg@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

There's a "sustainable" phone out there I forget what it's called but when I get a new phone I'm thinking of switching