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CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoThen don’t buy those devices. If you have any excuse as to why you “can’t do that”, then there’s zero point in complaining. I’m not saying your complaints are invalid, and companies should be held accountable and criticised. But as long as people buy privacy violating products, companies will continue to violate privacy.
Dreaming_Novaling@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Very valid and true point, but that requires companies to openly admit that they’ve made their devices to not work if it can’t phone home, and no company is gonna do that. At best, they’ll tell you it needs internet access, but even then they’ll probably downplay it.