It’s not the ability that’s bothersome (that part is fine, and has been there). It’s the fact that this is part of the first boot screen you see on Edge now, with dark patterns to get you to do it.
Unless they state the risk & danger and support those claims with something concrete & rational (instead of leaving it to ungrounded speculation), it seems like peanuts.
I like to set parameters around my anxiety & keep it real.
For decades, we had phonebooks publish names, addresses, phone numbers, and the sky didn’t fall.
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I don’t really understand the issue here. Why does anyone care if you can sign into Google services on Edge?
It’s not the ability that’s bothersome (that part is fine, and has been there). It’s the fact that this is part of the first boot screen you see on Edge now, with dark patterns to get you to do it.
Oh sure, that makes sense. I never use Edge except when I’m testing a windows server VM.
Because my precious data bellyachers & tinfoil hatters basically.
Am I the only one who wonders how to get this in Edge? I like my shit integrated.
Around Lemmy, your kind is quite rare.
This place naturally accumulates privacy advocates that are indeed bothered by this.
Unless they state the risk & danger and support those claims with something concrete & rational (instead of leaving it to ungrounded speculation), it seems like peanuts. I like to set parameters around my anxiety & keep it real.
For decades, we had phonebooks publish names, addresses, phone numbers, and the sky didn’t fall.
We don’t do that around here. Jpeg