Google does a great job from being tracked by other companies.

You used to be able to find solutions to issues online, but now all you get are sites that scrape Stack Overflow and paywall it, or you get those 30 paragraph long articles that are actually 4 sentences to describe the fix.

I did put your claim that most Android users know more than ios users, I think most phone users only know and care about the squares on their home screen. They’re all terrible, but at least they can’t break their device by default.

I’ve basically never needed to open the files app on Android or iOS except on rare occasions when I needed to find a downloaded file.

They got on the map because they were easier to use, which was a reputation earned by doing things like hijacking pre-install verification scripts to install it, running an always on and non-uninstallable server on your computer without you knowing, so it could access your webcam without needing to open the app, faking system prompts to get your root password…

Then there was lying about end to end encryption being enabled, and sending the unencrypted traffic to China for no discernable reason

Zoom is just a shitty company that has never been on the right side of user privacy. They’ll do anything to make a buck.

This is the main reason why I block ads, and I try to get family members to as well.