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the closest thing Linux has to spying is the strictly opt-in Debian package popularity contest lol
this post was submitted on 25 Jan 2026
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Only Apple users think Apple isn't spying on them.
And Apple users are about to realize with the new Apple AI aka Google Gemini that they ARE spying on them.
Everyone who believes their big tech software doesnt spy as much as possible are naive fools
But its almost impossible to avoid anyway
So i can understand that a lot of people just dont care
Myself included, though i do use linux, its not for privacy reasons. I just like linux better thqn windows.
Work requires a mac, and github by microsoft. What you want me to do?
No they won't. Apple users are either tech illiterate or sycophantic. They won't realize that the "year in review" is actually just a showcase of how much info they have on you.
Everything is just black and whiteβ¦
Excuse me, tech illiterate and sycophantic are clearly shades of grey.
Oh is Apple finally releasing different colors again? :p
I mean spy only on the web? Android Google is like the most important piece of project in corporate surveillance and don't get me started on A-GPS
Other people have already mentioned this, but Google absolutely spies on the whole OS when it makes the OS, either Android or Chrome OS, Google Play Services are spyware and also required for full Android functionality
GrapheneOS my beloved
Should I pull the trigger on the Pixel 8 listing I've got up on eBay right now? My level of tech savvy is 'I installed Bazzite on my gaming laptop and it's mostly just worked', I think I should be fine with Graphene but...
(Also, anyone know if Tuta is good? I'm looking for a replacement for Google calendar and Gmail and that seems to fit the bill.)
Your tech level is more than sufficient. Just follow the install instructions on the official site.
Tuta is alright. One of many good alternatives. Just try it out in parallel.
Biased answer but:
- Tuta is good, free plan to try, 3 euros a month for the cheapest paid plan, they are supposedly adding a "cloud drive" to store some files
- GrapheneOS is amazing, easy to install, you control all the permissions if you want, and it's the most plain and basic Android out there (they don't make decisions for you out of the box, it's the realest Android)
Google doesn't spy only the web. There are some pretty common and completely legal devices, that Google takes advantage of to spy in people's everyday life. Those devices are called Android phones.
Also acceptable:
Linux: You guys have users?
linux to apple: you think yours don't?
I've seen a lot of people defend apple. I lowkey thing me talking bad about apple (and provide sources) on a privacy subreddit triggered someone enough to get my reddit account banned. That or badtalking apple is against reddit TOS.
Probably an employee doing damage control.
Jokes on you! I know that Apple knows that I know they know.
Yeah Apple is pretty transparent about it and what they use it for (allegedly) havenβt really seen anything saying Apple is using more than they claim/say.
Either way Linux is so much better.
Thanks legitimately random user!
Linux picks a random user out of the hat to prove it - gets someone using android with play services. erm . . . ignore them . . . that doesn't count.
That really loops back to Google more than a function of linux.
Just because it uses the Linux kernel doesn't mean it's real Linux. Google took everything that made Linux good - customisation, root access, privacy, freedom - out of Linux to make Android
A lot of that's still available in AOSP. The devices they actually sell just load a heap of commercial crap on top of that.
Akshually, . . . copypaste . . . mostly google removed the GNU Scotsman.
That is the same kind of pedantry as claiming that ketchup is a smoothie because the tomato is a fruit.