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Good, maybe people will stop using it and switch to an open-weight Chinese model
If you use the app it's still sending all of your data to the company that makes the model, I guess it depends if you prefer Chinese spyware or US spyware.
Step 1 - don't use apps on a phone and instead use an appropriate open source sandbox on an actual x86 machine.
The mobile-focused development cycle and its consequences have been a disaster for user agency.
Could you repeat that louder for the folks at the back?
(Also, it's a statement that's generally true in ways completely unreleated to AI.)
I don't really see how using a sandbox protects you from data data collection aside from being able to deny access to things outside of the sandbox, it would still collect data from any way you interact with the app. And using webapps or websites is a viable substitute as well.
(Selfhosting, not using a model that is not hosted on your own hardware)
Oh then yeah for sure.
At least they use your data to make a model that's open weight
And using either of them doesn't guarantee your data won't get out anyways for products provided by corporations like the recent tiktok outcome showed where a billion dollar company would rather sell out than close down to protect users.