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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

There was a brief moment between Jelly Bean and Kit Kat in which Google Now and Inbox made being tracked by Google kind of useful in everyday life

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Until the idiots all complained about it being 'creepy'. Ever since the tracking completely continued, but no longer with any benefit to us.

Great job idiots. Why people just don't opt not to use features they find 'creepy' I'll never understand. They are only satisfied if they bring it down for everyone.