• whats_all_this_then@programming.dev
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    9 hours ago

    Wha? That’s a dangerous mindset to teach. The last thing you want is to add network latency to every interaction or tether an app to the internet when it doesn’t really need it (but I guess big tech didn’t get the memo on that one).

    • ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world
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      49 minutes ago

      But it was the beginning of the big data hype, so in exchange you got advertising data and anyone daring to object are probably criminals because “good citizens have nothing to hide”.