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Depending on the nature of the work and security protocols it isn't the WTF. When you're working, on your work device, on the work network, there is zero assumption of privacy (and there really shouldn't be). The company wants to maintain it's security and so it is ensuring it is aware of things happening on its network.

It's not necessary for everyone everywhere but it has valid use case that isn't some mega shady weird thing.

"the cloud isn't tech it's a rental company" is a pretty dumb take tbh.

Like, if you're trying to argue that AWS (or gcp, azure) services don't provide technical solutions that aren't available otherwise you just don't know what you're talking about. Is it expensive, yeah it definitely can be. But cloud is much more than server rentals at this point. Want a host that gives you bare metal? Great there are 'rentals' to choose from. I can see arguing SaaS hasn't really 'tech', but PasS and IaaS provide technology and solutions to problems. I hate Daddy Jeff as much as the next guy but AWS is very much 'tech'.

You say everyone hates then but honestly it's really not true. Plenty of people are annoyed by ads, others tolerate them, sometimes people even enjoy them (see Superbowl shit or people sharing meme ads and commercials) and honestly that's part of the problem. Ads have been a part of so many people lives for so long they can't even imagine a world where they aren't constantly bombarded by ads and having them privacy exploited for corporate gains.

Personally I'm vehemently opposed to ads and go out of my way to block them in every way I can, but fundamentally many people don't see them as an issue or are too attached to the corporate teat to try voting with their wallet to suppress the problem.

racist, wife beating

police

What's with the redundancy?

even a conservative judge would have their hand forced by the law and public interest

Lol. Yeah, because the law and public interest has stopped them before.

It's for the person paying for the hosting and maintaining the server to decide what they want their server to do

cries in proprietary

there is no such thing as a distinction between "democracy" and "authoritarian".

Lol. Ok.

I never said anything about you praising authoritarian leaders, that's the picture you're painting in your head. Whether or not you're praising them, I think 'supreme leader' encompasses the definition:

"leaders behavior that asserts absolute authority and control over subordinates and [that] demands unquestionable obedience from subordinates."

Unquestionable obedience. Like a master and a slave. Like a dog.

'Tankie' is often associated with Marxist-Leninists.

Taken from the 'communism' wiki page,

Communists often seek a voluntary state of self-governance but disagree on the means to this end. This reflects a distinction between a more libertarian approach of communization, revolutionary spontaneity, and workers' self-management, and a more authoritarian vanguardist or communist party-driven approach through the development of a socialist state followed by the withering away of the state.

Would you look at that. Authoritarian approach. The root of disagreement among communist.

The age old tradition of cultural appropriation.

Would you prefer Authoritarian Left instead? Because authoritarian is authoritarian is authoritarian. Left or right fuck off with your supreme leader bullshit.

This is a project I found a while back and have been meaning to try to make use of a Pi I have sitting around https://github.com/lanceseidman/PiCAST haven't actually used it yet but if you're looking to degoogle not moving over to some other mega corp is probably worth considering as well.