• quantum_mechanic@lemmy.world
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      It’s more like blackmail tbh. “Pay or i’ll track the shit out of you and sell the data to advertisers”. I can see why people are put off, and I am also. And what’s the guarantee if we pay that the data isn’t collected and sold anyway?

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        That’s totally reasonable from the point of view of a developer who has to earn something to live. I mean you still have the choice to not use it. The internet simply works through user tracking and advertising

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          How’s it tinfoil hat? It’s very clear how much tracking is going on if you don’t subscribe. None of this stuff is made up.

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            I think he meant your last part. You say there is a chance that LJ will collect and sell data, although you paid for premium. That’s a unnecessary accusation.

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                We call that JAQing off and it’s never just a question.

                “They don’t answer me, conclusion is they do that thing I disagree with even if I don’t have proof of it.”

                Right out of the alt-right playbook but applied outside of politics.