"Standard" android users scare me more than windows users in terms of what they are willing to bear to use their devices.
Windows end users usually end up with lots of crappy unneeded proprietary software for tasks that people shouldn't even need to do with their pc's and (at least with versions prior to 11, I really don't know if things improved) end up with so many ads and background processes that they have to reinstall the OS periodically. It is like Christmas for them: it happens every year.
Android end users seem to have accepted a mentality: the app will steal your personal data or throw ads at you. Even paid ones. They simply act like that is a normal thing, a law of the nature.
When I show windows users the clean world of linux distros and when I show android users the clean world of F-droid they get deeply impressed until one ask "What about MSOffice?" or the other ask "What about whatsapp?". That is the problem with current end users: they are dependent on proprietary software. To fix the world of devices we need to break this dependency.
Don't fool yourself: even if you don't depend on any proprietary software, it still affects you: when you need to buy new hardware, use a service or wants to use a software, it may sometimes not be available for you because you decided not to agree with the abuse. You won't be even able to communicate if you don't agree to use a proprietary app. Fixing the world for ourselves will require fixing the world for "end users" too. And with an added difficulty: the other side is currently very effective in convincing their users that the abuse is normal, a good price to pay or that it improves their experience or security. It is for your own good, they say.
Windows end users usually end up with lots of crappy unneeded proprietary software for tasks that people shouldn't even need to do with their pc's and (at least with versions prior to 11, I really don't know if things improved) end up with so many ads and background processes that they have to reinstall the OS periodically. It is like Christmas for them: it happens every year.
Android end users seem to have accepted a mentality: the app will steal your personal data or throw ads at you. Even paid ones. They simply act like that is a normal thing, a law of the nature.
When I show windows users the clean world of linux distros and when I show android users the clean world of F-droid they get deeply impressed until one ask "What about MSOffice?" or the other ask "What about whatsapp?". That is the problem with current end users: they are dependent on proprietary software. To fix the world of devices we need to break this dependency.
Don't fool yourself: even if you don't depend on any proprietary software, it still affects you: when you need to buy new hardware, use a service or wants to use a software, it may sometimes not be available for you because you decided not to agree with the abuse. You won't be even able to communicate if you don't agree to use a proprietary app. Fixing the world for ourselves will require fixing the world for "end users" too. And with an added difficulty: the other side is currently very effective in convincing their users that the abuse is normal, a good price to pay or that it improves their experience or security. It is for your own good, they say.