>that way it is possible to determine the unique amount of devices inside a house.
There are exceptions I guess. Imagine 8000 households in which couples live. Both partners own the same MacBook model. In 1/8000 cases Google would think there is only one person.
My question was about using that many devices. And I'll quote myself here fully:
> Out of curiosity, how do you even manage to use more than five devices for private use at once? Even just owning that many is unlikely.
One sentence is a question, the other is a statement which I consider to be true (and explains how I arrived at that question).
Also it was quite clear from my argument that I was talking about people singular, and you responded pretending I was saying that an entire family owning more than 5 devices is unlikely.
I can't imagine why you'd be arguing like this, I just hope it's not on purpose.
I imagine "13 devices" does not necessarily mean exclusive ownership, either. I have a TV, but it's the same TV that everyone in my household has, so a straightforward multiplication of "people * devices" doesn't totally work.
> If every human being tends to have a computer and a phone that means there's at least 20X more devices than IPs.
You know, that used to be only "if every human being tends to have a computer", since phones didn't have an IP address. Now it's "a computer and a phone". A few years down the line, you'll have "a computer and a phone and a watch", then "a computer and a phone and a watch and a standalone VR headset", and so on.
That phrase was not meant to be condescending. What I mean is that, while I can see why you'd want to share apps with your children, your adult spouse is their own person and can buy their own stuff. The article claims a 10-device limit may be too low for families, and I'm pointing out that two people remain two people even if they marry.
It's easy enough to get to 5 devices, for a family. Especially given the current remote work/schooling situation. Figure 1 laptop or tablet per person (adults and kids) and 1 phone per adult. If you have two kids, that's 6 devices right there. And that's assuming none of the kids are old enough to have phones, none of the adults have separate work/personal laptops, no separate work phones for the adults, etc.
I was editing as you replied. Bit more thoughts on it there. But there's a potentially big concern to knowing who owns a multithousand dollar device and just pretending you don't know who owns it when you do.
There are exceptions I guess. Imagine 8000 households in which couples live. Both partners own the same MacBook model. In 1/8000 cases Google would think there is only one person.
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