• Reports suggest Glance is preparing to debut in the U.S. “later this year” following its pilot program with Motorola and Verizon.
  • Sources state Glance will not capture data, but will instead leverage a user’s “patterns” to offer recommendations.
  • Glance states it will not show ads in the U.S., opting for news stories, and it will look to offer a subscription service for "premium news
  • @skulblaka
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    425 days ago

    We have. You can buy cheap-ass smartphones at Walmart, etc with ads baked into the OS. Lots of my folks are pretty broke living down in Louisiana and have them. If you need a phone cheap, say for example you can’t afford a real phone and you’re planning to sell some drugs, they’re some of the cheapest usable phones you can get.

    • @smeg@feddit.uk
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      525 days ago

      Makes sense, though I don’t know if choosing a phone with all the tracking enabled is the best choice for a drug dealer

      • @skulblaka
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        325 days ago

        Never accused them of being smart…