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[โ€“] Chulk@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

The fun part is that they're already at the "criminals" stage and we have been for a while. The marketing team is just backing into it and manufacturing consent.

[โ€“] Doomsider@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

Yup, this is effective propaganda used to make people feel good about the devices.