• ImgurRefugee114@reddthat.com
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    10 days ago

    Probably gonna get hate for this but like… Yeah if I had the option to pay for more things and not be tracked and dataharvested, I would. The infrastructure and support isn’t free. What’s really shit is when they do both… The prices should be lower, like way way way lower, but middlemen all want their cuts for transactions so you’ll almost never see subs for under a dollar.

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      10 days ago

      Just because you pay a subscription to avoid ads does not mean your data is not still being harvested and sold. The big exception is now they have a payment method tied to a specific person not just an ad profile.

    • Superorbit@lemmy.ca
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      10 days ago

      I mean I get where you’re coming from, but imo we shouldn’t have to pay to not be tracked and data harvested. You can run ads and have them not be creepy stalky, it’s only greed to maxmize profits that pushes companies to go for the stalker option.