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people complain when i (objectively, accurately) use the term spyware to describe software that bundles opt-out analytics. it transmits your activity off your device, without your consent, often silently. everyone gets butthurt and says "that's not spyware, that's analytics" but not one person has offered any explanation on how that's *not* exactly the same thing that spyware is and does.

@sneak There was a comic about exactly that going around a week or two ago.
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