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submitted 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) by Ste41th@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

This was bound to happen, and it’s ridiculous

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[-] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 28 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

children figuring out VPNs in a week while these bumfucks (state that they) didn't manage to understand it in the years they've been given just goes to show the many orders of magnitudes of difference in their intelligence

[-] AlecSadler 17 points 5 hours ago

No, this is intentional, the ultimate goal is a censored internet a la China. This was just the easiest gateway to doing that.

They are coming for VPNs next.

[-] StarryPhoenix97@lemmy.world 1 points 52 minutes ago

This. The tech giants are trying to 'solidify' the current structure of the internet and gatekeep its information. We're going from archival libraries to curated and policed propaganda. Google seems to be the key piece of the upcoming change with the most broad general access to user data through the cell phone.

It's not just them. There's like a council of 4 or 5 but Google is the best placed. Kind of a 'community leader'

[-] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 hours ago

tbf it's probably both corruption and incompetence, not just one or the other

[-] birdwing 2 points 1 hour ago

Never attribute to incompetence that which can also be attributed to malice.

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