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[-] TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub 196 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

If you're not paying for a service, you're likely being monetized by watching ads or providing personal data to companies that don't necessarily have your best interests at heart.

This is a bit out of date. Nowadays, you pay for the service and are monetized by watching ads and providing personal data to companies that definitely don't have your best interests at heart.

[-] 1984@lemmy.today 27 points 2 years ago

People said it back then too. The ad and tracking industry will always invade more and more of our privacy. When will there be enough tracking to make them stop and be happy? Never. Never is the only answer.

[-] ChilledPeppers@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

Username checks out .

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