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  • Lack of privacy
  • Arbitrary cancel culture with no recourse
  • Corruption and bloating of open standards like web
  • Non consensual logins (android, chrome)
  • Sabotage of federated services (email, xmpp)
  • Suggestion of new tracking methods (like FLoC) when old tracking methods (like 3rd party cookies) are phased out
  • Centralization of information flow (eg: AMP)
  • Bait and switch tactics (like YouTube ads)
  • Support for horrible laws (like illegitimate DMCA strikes)
  • Locking down devices (with remote attestation, safetynet api, etc)
  • Geolocking apps unnecessarily
  • Invasive use of credit card information to prove location (why not just use GPS or cell info?)
  • Incompatibility with open standards to achieve user lockins (eg: IMAP, caldav, carddav)
  • Riding the open source wave with projects that don't behave like one (AOSP, chromium)
  • Untrustworthiness when it comes to long term presence of services