Yep that’s totally true.

Worth noting as well that even if you can dish out for higher cost goods that alone doesn’t mean you escape these labor practices. Not only do you need the wealth to buy conscientiously, but you need the time and energy to investigate the supplier and their supply chain. i failed to read your whole post, blame the app 😅

The choice is often false, and that’s a systemic affect. The idea that the less well off are judged for making such decisions isn’t about ethics, it’s about class.

Silently installed device scanning software is spyware whether it sends data or not.

The only reason it wouldn’t report is to avoid legal liability. Protections like this are thin and hinge upon the legal system determining whether the applet’s knowledge is an extension of Google’s.