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[–] chunes@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Just because the software is running on your device doesn't mean it can't phone home. You might not care about your local storage but 4GB is pretty steep for some of us.

Not to mention the performance impact of actually running the thing.

[–] trackball_fetish@lemmy.wtf 8 points 1 day ago

Honestly shouldn't even explain it to him. With a thought process like his he deserves what's coming to him.

[–] kevin2107@lemmy.world 0 points 20 hours ago

strawman and entirely missed the point of the article, howamy trees did you burn scrolling Instagram today?