• bigmclargehuge@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    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.worldOP
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      6 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.worldM
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      6 months ago

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

      If enough people voted with their feet they would have listened