atomicnumber1

Thank You!

So I guess it depends upon what regrets are you happy to live with.

> I will close my account. And here lies the issue. Just you closing the account doesn't work. Your friends, your family, others you talk to on whatsapp shall also migrate. And that's the biggest issue.

I don't know about chromeos in general, I was specifically talking about the newly announced pixel slate. The hardware seems promising, not sure about the software.

especially since it can run linux apps. But, their ui was pretty laggy in the recent demos. You can't beat iOS in UI smoothness.

Edit: grammar

You make a very compelling argument. I'm also wondering, that yes, currently our interests are aligned (privacy intrusion for value), what if they're no longer aligned?, Or what if they're compromised? Well, I'm screwed then (as others have outlined).

2. I'm wondering (as others have outlined) that, granted they do give me value today at the risk of my privacy, but what about the future, what if there motives change, that can affect me in insidious ways.

Interesting. Where can I learn about this (history)?

Thanks!

Thanks! will do.

I get that. I really do. I'm just worried about how it might affect me (and my loved ones) in the near future.

1. No I don't trust these companies! 2. They probably have a data on me (somewhere in there dozens of huge data warehouses) 3. Google/Facebook could probably do that (knowingly or unknowingly is the question) 4. Google hasn't been breached because 1. there entire business model relies on data, 2. they maybe willingly giving the data to governments (off course respective citizens, not other countries data) 5. I realise that. I just, uh, it's just difficult to comprehend the subject, let alone the consequences