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[–] s38b35M5@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] bigmclargehuge@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I get it, my tinfoil hat is showing. But, am I wrong? If people said "wait, this is creepy, don't let this slide" when data collection first became a thing, I really do believe recall wouldn't have happened.

[–] s38b35M5@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

To be clear, I fully agree with your comment I replied to. It just reminded me of the poem by Martin Niem”ller.

[–] iopq@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

We said it, they didn't listen, we switched to Linux

If enough people voted with their feet they would have listened