| ▲ | 1vuio0pswjnm7 a day ago | |
There are HN commenters ("developers") that want readers to believe that telemetry should be on by default. Maybe some readers, e.g., other "developers", think, "Yeah, that sounds reasonable" so long as the telemetry collecter is a random "developer" and not the government. But they probably fail to consider that this collected data is just a subpoena away from going to the government Corporate mobile operating systems suck. Including "apps" to run on them, generally There are some that do not require corporate approval and do not try to phone home but it's a relatively small fraction | ||
| ▲ | 1vuio0pswjnm7 an hour ago | parent [-] | |
Now on HN front page: https://www.theregister.com/on-prem/2026/05/01/where-to-buy-... It appears there could be demand for alternatives, even if viable alternatives do not yet exist | ||