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A 2021 #IOS update from #Apple let users opt out of tracking with one click. More than 96% clicked, costing #Facebook $10b in *one year*. The kicker? Even if you opted out, *Apple* *spied* on you, just like Facebook had, to fuel its own targeted ads:
pluralistic.net/2022/11/14/lux… 1/
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The fact that Apple - a company that has blanketed the world with anti-surveillance billboards - engaged in deceptive, pervasive surveillance reveals the bankruptcy of "letting the market decide" what privacy protections you should have. 3/
The #startup world's dirty not-so-secret: most startups fail. Startups are risky and so investors place bets on lots of startups and fold the ones that don't show promise, which sucks for the company employees, but also for the users who depend on the company's products. 1/
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You know what this is like: you sink a bunch of time into familiarizing yourself with a new product, you spend money on accessories for it, you lock your data into it, you integrate it into your life, and then, one morning - poof! All gone. 3/
Here's an awful story with a happy ending, one that leaves us with work to do, sure, but also with a clear mission for what to do next. It's about Colorado's "Consumer Right To Repair Powered Wheelchairs Act" which @jaredpolis just signed into law:
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3 million Americans rely on wheelchairs, and many of them use powered wheelchairs. Wheelchairs are amazing assistive devices, which can mean the difference between being stuck at home - or even in bed - and being able to work, go to school, shop, and see family and friends. 3/
