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gcbw3 | 5 years ago

You are being downvoted by the sacarms, but it is a very clear and concise description of unintended consequences of this.

Advanced users get root on their phones, and use linux on their computers. And as a consequence, they must fight uphill battles or outright give up their access to some tools/networks/games, effectively censoring them there for unrelated choices.

This is the modern equivalent of being silenced by email spam filters false-positives, but today, nobody gives this a thought.

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diegoperini|5 years ago

Thank you for explaining it better than me.

Just to be clear, I don't consider Snapchat's decision as evil or good. "Alienating techies" vs "enabling revenge porn" isn't like your everyday dilemma.