I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that this whole “plan” was concocted and deployed by the entire leadership team, with Reran giving the final approval. Linus is still the face of the company, so it’s no surprise he is the one telling us about this plan.
Remember when they hid NSFW content from r/all and they said they would add a new filter that did contain the content?
Now you can’t even select r/all from the drop down menu on their app. You have to open the sidebar, scroll all the way to the bottom, then select it. No way of setting it as the default. Classic algorithm push for advertisers.
They’re not giving direct access to the cameras, but developers don’t need that raw data. Developers still have access to the data the cameras see. The choice to do this probably stems from a security perspective. This way there’s no possible malicious app or site that can actually record you in an intimate environment like your home. It’s the same way ARkit has worked for years on the iphones and ipads.
I’ve actually had the exact opposite experience. My contact has been all sorts of buggy for years and the new Contact Card has been rock solid for me. Always interesting seeing the variations of bugs in beta/prod
Just have to hit him back with the “I can’t respect you or anything you do because you pay $29.99 for porn when you can just get it for free. So your bail is now doubled as you clearly have more money than you need.”