llamabreath
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That would make it even more fun!
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LOL, they can't pay me enough for that.
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That would make it even more fun!
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LOL, they can't pay me enough for that.
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Ok, so I discovered I HAVE to have Google+ apparently, because otherwise I cannot send images via GTalk.
So my solution was to turn everything to "private" and tell it to post nothing, and remove all notifications, including nag notifications about Google+ itself. All this is possible to do in settings.
It is annoying that this is even necessary, but I think this could make it possible for me to live with Google+. Google has pretty much made Latitude worthless now. Thanks Google.
I'm one of the few people that chose to live without Facebook from the first days it became "the in thing" and I could not be happier with that decision.
Believe me, I don't know how old you are, but if you're like me (low to mid-forties ) you'll realize that there's a helluva lot more to life than this social networking BS.
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Uh, I think the forums are a form of a Social Network.
Shocking, I know.
From a upper 50's girl.
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Nah, not really at all.
Nobody here knows anything about me unless I say anything about me.
For instance -
The only reason you know my name is because I told you.
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I didn't see this mentioned in the thread yet, so I'll throw it out there. This debate is going to become much more complex and harder to get away from as the internet of things starts to expand into every industry and part of one's life. Yes, there will be un-connected products made for a while to come, but we're already seeing the rise of connected 'things' as the norm for both mid-range and high-end consumer products.
The crazy thing about that is...wait for it....you don't have to buy it. Don't need or want it so why buy it? If it comes with a future place I'll move into I'll sell it.
I didn't see this mentioned in the thread yet, so I'll throw it out there. This debate is going to become much more complex and harder to get away from as the internet of things starts to expand into every industry and part of one's life. Yes, there will be un-connected products made for a while to come, but we're already seeing the rise of connected 'things' as the norm for both mid-range and high-end consumer products.
I'm perfectly content with a refrigerator that is not capable of tweeting things.
True. But you also have shared other things publicly. It's interaction with, wait for it, people, hence a social network.
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i think using WP is still the most efficiente way of staying away from Google!
ofc MS also gets info about you BUT its faaar less instrusive and abusive, since adds are not MS main source of income!
and you'll end up using their services, like Outlook and Skydrive...so you kinda will be out of the Google ecosystem!
but ofc, you must rly be willing to make the move and switch to WP lol
i've owned a 620 before my Moto G and WP is indeed a rly good OS...buuut when i decided to buy a new phone, there was just no WP that was a significant upgrade from the 620 that cost the same as the Moto G, so i just came back to Android!
and i decided to disable all Google services (except for Gmail and Google Drive)...i even opt-out their add program, tho i wonder how far i'm rly out lol
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i think using WP is still the most efficiente way of staying away from Google!
ofc MS also gets info about you BUT its faaar less instrusive and abusive, since adds are not MS main source of income!
and you'll end up using their services, like Outlook and Skydrive...so you kinda will be out of the Google ecosystem!
but ofc, you must rly be willing to make the move and switch to WP lol
i've owned a 620 before my Moto G and WP is indeed a rly good OS...buuut when i decided to buy a new phone, there was just no WP that was a significant upgrade from the 620 that cost the same as the Moto G, so i just came back to Android!
and i decided to disable all Google services (except for Gmail and Google Drive)...i even opt-out their add program, tho i wonder how far i'm rly out lol
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But what would be nice is if it were opt in, instead of opt out. If they showed a prompt every now and then to opt people in with clear benefits attached, it would be nicer than having to go through a lot of settings to opt out. But still, I'm glad there's still an option to opt out.