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slipheen

Your defeatism is making things worse not better.

Your message is basically "You're already screwed, why bother trying?"

Why act that way? Who are you helping?

If you support privacy, then people taking steps to try to share less data ought to be encouraged, right?

Maybe it's not perfect - But it's worth trying to do better.

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In what way did my message suggest defeatism?

I take active steps to minimize when and how the microphones around me listen in. In no way do I subscribe to the idea that "we are already screwed".

Please do not take the worst possible interpretation of what people say on HN. It's in the guidelines and generally looked down upon. This is not reddit.

Android doesn't listen. You can check by yourself using adb logcat

No, stop wasting your energy on change you won't make happen. Imagine if every innovator spent their time appealing to others.

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