this post was submitted on 11 Feb 2025
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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My theory is that the new method for data vacuuming is charging a benignly small fee to make it appear that you're paying for a service and not getting raided, as opposed to using a free service where you assume they're harvesting you like an apple tree.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yeah when the fuck are sandboxing being implemented correctly in telephones smh

[–] Rekorse 4 points 1 day ago

Its available for some phones with extra work.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)
  1. Maybe earlier. Apple and Android phones have been heavily sandboxed from the start.