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Google Gemini turns on tracking when it is interacted with.

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[–] AndrewZabar 1 points 5 months ago

Why would you use Google and expect anything other than deception anymore? This is what most companies do now. They lie, they steal, they don’t give a shit whatsoever and make no pretense anymore even.

The next trend will be just outright extortion. Adobe just did that actually. Take a look at Louis Rossman’s video on the subject.

American businesses adopt newer tactics all the time to keep making more money, because their shareholders are never satisfied with a steady stream of profit, it has to continually be increasing as well. So the companies have to resort to newer tactics to increase profit and I believe we have arrived at a point where they’ve cut all the costs they can by farming out as much as possible to slave labor, they’ve all shifted to a subscription based service rather than a product to be sold once… and various other things.

So now what’s left? They have to resort to outright thievery and other blatantly illegal activities. It will only get worse as time goes on. Just wait and see.