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this post was submitted on 13 May 2025
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Good. Maybe we can go back to paying for our services instead of getting tracked everywhere we go.
That’s not what will happen. We will have to pay AND be tracked. They are not going to give anything up.
Time to look for other services then.
Besides the internet?
My food subscription is about to run out!!
When Orwell predicted universal surveillance he never anticipated that the people themselves would install the cameras, let alone pay a subscription.
This sounds more like "everyone is on TikTok and Instagram and will only ever be using TikTok and Instagram".
Err... you think you're not being tracked when you spend money?
Wow.
The internet was founded on the sponsorship model where content was free and ads were ubiquitous. while I completely agree with you that I would rather pay for the product instead of being the product, at this informs every single sign up I make on the internet, I think it's self deluding to think there's any great again to go back to. The philosophy was always there, the execution just wasn't possible until they had finished building their walled gardens