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[neonnoodle]

I can answer that question for you: surveillance will follow the same distribution curve as capital.

[reilly3000 → neonnoodle]

Not if we beat it to the punch with radical transparency

[Fnoord → neonnoodle]

Its already happening.

The poor can't afford a more privacy oriented phone like an iPhone, hence end up in the Google ecosphere.

The poor can't afford a new phone every 2 years, not even a budget device of a "mere" 200 USD. Hence, their devices aren't patched.

The poor can barely afford their bills as it is.

[thomastjeffery → Fnoord]

> a more privacy oriented phone like an iPhone

How is a phone with no user filesystem more privacy-oriented?

[Fnoord → thomastjeffery]

That is not the only variable...

Apple does far less tracking than Google. That's not their primary business model, and its part of the Apple tax.

Unless you run a rooted device (with the attached risks) plus Android without GApps. You'd end up running all kind of out-of-date software from F-Droid.