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Just a little bit more privacy invasion. C'mon, juuuust a little.. 'till you no longer notice.

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[–] ViscloReader@lemmy.world 16 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Just want to say that Call of duty Black Ops II was pretty fucking accurate up to this point.

  • We have drone strikes.
  • Personalised face ads.
  • worldwide conflicts
  • a fight for rare earth minerals

But I guess Treyarch was too optimistic about having a women as a POTUS

[–] Snowpix@lemmy.ca 2 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Don't forget warfare using quadcopter drones, albeit without the machine gun.

[–] mhague@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago

I've seen guns, bigger guns, and also flamethrower drones.

[–] EchoSnail@lemmy.zip 11 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

sighs....typing this on an S23 Ultra. I can't wait to get a pixel to degoogle.

[–] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I'd recommend CalyxOS as a replacement os.

No google code at all to get full functionality of your hardware (excluding Google pay, but graphene doesn't have that either.)

Anything you need, e.g. swipe typing or advanced camera features, you can install Google's versions and block their ability to talk to the internet via the built-in firewall.

calyxos.org

[–] EchoSnail@lemmy.zip 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I just wanna use my carriers sms/rcs channels and their 5g internet. I don't need Anymore middleman than Me>Verizon>Host/Destination

[–] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Sure, you get that by default. Firewall only steps in for apps you explicitly block. There's a toggle for if you want apps blocked by default for you to allow, if you prefer.

Point is, it's a system that just works, stays out of your way and doesn't phone home to anyone, just as you'd expect.

Whatever you wind up doing, good luck out there and have fun.

[–] rpa@europe.pub 6 points 20 hours ago (2 children)
[–] EchoSnail@lemmy.zip 1 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

My locked bootloader snapdragon 8 gen 2 is telling me to fuck myself with a sock filled with broken glass right now.

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 13 hours ago

+666 upvotes

Can't upvote this now.

[–] shaquilleoatmeal@lemm.ee 10 points 23 hours ago

I freaking hate the future, man. I’m so sick of this shit.

[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I have a galaxy. I disabled the Galaxy AI. I disabled the Google AI on my phone, and I blocked Google search AI. I disabled Microsoft AI. I think ATT has one that listens in on calls to warn you of a call being a scam, but I haven't figured out how to disable that. Many of my calls are privileged under atty/client privilege, so have someone or something else in on that risks waving that. I want to disable it, but I don't know how. I tried to disable Yahoo's email AI. But, now there is yet more AI for me to disable?

Dear tech companies, please stop shoving AI down my throat. I really don't want it.

[–] viking@infosec.pub 4 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

At that point I'd just get a dumb phone for calls and a tablet with data only SIM for the rest.

[–] potentiallynotfelix@lemmy.fish 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)
[–] viking@infosec.pub 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Only works on Pixels, and I'd rather not give Google any money.

[–] potentiallynotfelix@lemmy.fish 1 points 10 hours ago

buy used. you aren't giving them anything more then.

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[–] propitiouspanda@lemmy.cafe 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"They're a business and they need to make money." - useful idiots

[–] kamen@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Not even useful IMO, just idiots.

[–] joel_feila@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

Yet more discrimination against faceless people

[–] ApatheticCactus@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Do I want my face in ads? No. Not at all.

Would I want this same tech used to character swap myself into movies, or just swap actors in whatever? ...okay yeah that might be kinda fun novelty.

[–] Zacryon@feddit.org 4 points 1 day ago

Stuff like this always reminds me of the personalized ads in Mass Effect (like here: https://youtu.be/hMdIypwM2KI ). That game has accurately depicted the future.

[–] thepenismightier@lemm.ee 29 points 1 day ago (3 children)
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[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You get ads, you get ads, everyone gets ads!

- Samprah.

[–] Murdoc@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Look under your chair... It's an ad!!

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[–] HakunaHafada@lemm.ee 26 points 1 day ago

I hate everything about this title.

[–] Manticore@lemmy.nz 50 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Are techbros so bland that they really can't think of literally any fucking way to make money that isn't just 'ads'?

[–] CalipherJones@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The other option is bombing kids.

[–] TwistedCister@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago

The other option is creating a reliable, high quality product that people want and creates value for the user. This was how most businesses operated before Jack Fucking Welch.

But it’s easier to force slop, ads, and slop-made ads on people.

[–] fnrir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

...subscription services? For everything?

[–] Manticore@lemmy.nz 2 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

That's just the money their making itself. When it comes down to what are we subscribing for, it keeps being ads again. They keep deciding that subscriptions make money by removing ads.

Like, why not subscriptions that actually add something gainful? Subscribe to stream your games to any TV, subscribe to get dog food delivered to your house monthly, subscribe to Socks of the Month Club. Those things exist in other industries, but tech?? Nope, it's just ads, or subscribe to less ads.

[–] Brotha_Jaufrey@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago (7 children)

This is what makes me excited for Linux phones to finally become viable. Every major phone manufacturer is making their UX worse and expanding their hidden spyware for the sake of profits.

Graphene os is great but you can only install it on a Pixel. But they give extended support for older devices which is nice. HOWEVER, people are making Linux builds for even older devices, including the iphone 6. Getting a new phone after 7 years might not be necessary in the future.

[–] cotlovan@lemm.ee 2 points 21 hours ago

It's hard, without UEFI for arm

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[–] Tungsten5@lemm.ee 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ah, more ads. Exactly what the consumer asked for, right?

[–] propitiouspanda@lemmy.cafe 5 points 1 day ago

I swear, the rest of my life will just be educating my peers on how consumerist rhetoric does not serve their interests.

[–] marzhall@lemmy.world 54 points 1 day ago (8 children)

Buddy had the nightmarish idea a while back with all the new generative ai stuff for video chat services injecting ads using the faces/voices of the participants in lieu of payment. Just, regularly-schedule ad breaks in your call where "your friend" suddenly starts talking about how excited they are about Raid: Shadow Legends

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[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 38 points 1 day ago

Well I guess I'll never buy another Samsung.

[–] KingPorkChop@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 day ago (2 children)

LOL. New phone cases are going to have little privacy sliders to go over the cameras.

[–] pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 day ago

That's... A really good idea

Time to redesign my phone case

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[–] Penny7@lemmy.world 61 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Thankfully, this is a fully opt-in experience.

And how long before they decide to make a default instead of opt-in?

[–] Maxxie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 27 points 1 day ago

opt-in:

Can we take all your stuff?

  1. Yes daddy
  2. Remind me tomorrow
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[–] Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Don't they know how ugly the common people are. I'm not gonna buy something with an ugly guy in the ad. We ain't all plastic surgery Korean like Samsung home base.

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