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Reddit is removing ability to opt out of ad personalization based on your activity on the platform (techcrunch.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.ml
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[–] 15 points 3 years ago (4 children)

It's theft is what it is. Personal data has value - so much value that companies like Google and Facebook have used solely data to become some of the wealthiest businesses in the world. These companies take our data for free, tell us it's so worthless it isn't worth paying us, and then they make pure profit. We might not know how to do what they do with the data, but you can't build a car without paying for the nuts and bolts; we should be paid our fair share for every data point they collect.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    People on sites like this really need to understand that for good or bad we are a vocal minority. People by and large understand "if you aren't paying for it you're the product". Many people have come to terms with this be it reddit, or Facebook, Amazon, Google, etc.

    Does it make it right? Or course it doesn't.

    But I seriously don't know, outside of a serious privacy breach involving hundreds of deaths, how do we effectively change the narrative in a way the masses can not only consume but understand?

    I'm in my echo chamber here but at the same time I've come to terms that if it's online expect it to be sold and nothing is private.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    I disagree with you there, what people need to understand - the masses in general - is that this is a completely new and deeply flawed way for human beings to trade value between each other. One where the things one party is giving up are poorly defined, and they don't get anything in return or have any room to negotiate. Hell, it isn't even really a transaction, they just invite you in and then rummage through your pockets.

    We have a long-established set of rules for forming deals, called contract law, that we've developed over thousands of years. Mass commercial data collection flouts the core principles of this.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    we should be paid our fair share for every data point they collect.

    And every time they sell it, every transaction it leads to.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago*

    I think a flat one time fee per access is fine, so long as it's proportional to the sales they make. Data has a value with respect to time anyway, new data is more valuable than old data, even if the data is the same, so it's not like they'll just be getting it one time.

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