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[โ€“] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

no longer relies on data mining customers to maximize ad effectiveness

You're an idiot if you believe they won't do that anyway.

[โ€“] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

You don't say. Everyone does it.

But it's a shit source of income that nets mere cents per user, and should be made illegal as soon as political will allows.

Hence, a good service should not rely on collecting user data as a sole revenue source.