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[โ€“] brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Why do they even need it to be that way?

so that they can surveil you

[โ€“] ulterno@programming.dev -1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That part, I already understand.
But you needed to have some sort of excuse for such things back when smartphones were new.

I think the compartmentalisation concepts were there from the feature-phone era.