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So Google is now preventing people from removing location data from photos taken with Pixel phones. (mediacdn.aus.social)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by ajsadauskas@aus.social to c/technology@lemmy.ml

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So Google is now preventing people from removing location data from photos taken with Pixel phones.

Remember when Google's corporate motto was "don't be evil?"

Obviously, accurate location data on photos is more useful to a data mining operation like Google.

From Google: "Important: You can only update or remove estimated locations. If the location of a photo or video was automatically added by your camera, you can't edit or remove the location."

It's enshitification in action.

Source: https://support.google.com/photos/answer/6153599?hl=en&sjid=8103501961576262529-AP

#technology #tech @technology #business #enshitification #Android #Google @pluralistic #infosec

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[–] CalcProgrammer1@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm tired of this Google/Apple duopoly in the mobile computing space. We need a noncommercial option. I've been daily driving a Linux phone for almost 2 years now. Originally a PinePhone, then a PinePhone Pro, then a OnePlus 6T, now back to the PinePhone Pro. The ecosystem is still in its early days and a lot of things don't work, but it's so nice to have a phone that I control rather than a phone that controls me. Google used to be awesome, Android used to be awesome, but they've been getting progressively worse for a decade or more.

[–] pingveno@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The ecosystem is such a problem with Linux phones. Google has 3.5 million apps on the Google Play Store, while Apple has a still impressive 1.5 million apps. You can replace some of the functionality with web applications, but you miss out on important features like push notifications. I can think of a couple of dozen Android apps where I would miss a significant amount of functionality, including making VPN access to my workplace significantly more difficult. Same with a bike GPS device and Fitbit watch. Both require an Android or iPhone to provide full functionality. Ideals are nice. Delivering functionality is nicer.

[–] torbjoern@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago

Well, PWAs have access to a lot of hardware APIs (if allowed) and there's WebPush.