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Another fun limitation - apparently for my Pixel phone to remember I prefer my temperature in Celsius, Google also needs "Web & App Activity" tracking. In other
by mediumdeviation 5y ago
Another fun limitation - apparently for my Pixel phone to remember I prefer my temperature in Celsius, Google also needs "Web & App Activity" tracking. In other words Google wants my whole location history when using Google apps just to remember my preferred units.
- Spivak 5y agoI doubt this is some malicious compliance thing and more that they don't want to do per-device settings basically ever.
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- ruined 5y agoyeah i'm sure they have some technical justification for it but i know it's trivial so why should i care? it's an intentional refusal
- foobiekr 5y agoI have worked for some insanely political companies and this just made me laugh. That’s a genius application of a dark pattern/malicious compliance “nudge.” I hate that companies that work this way are some of the biggest and most powerful on the planet, but it’s also darkly funny if your humor runs to Kafka or Dante...
- wsinks 5y agoAnd because I've been watching a lot of FFVI lately, if your humor runs to Kefka... /low brow comment