A site that cannot exist without collecting not needed personal data and without selling out its visitors, has no justification of continuing to exist. Don't let them guilt-trip you.

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user34283 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Do you think anyone cares in the slightest about your 'personal data'?

It's garbage and no one would waste energy for it, if it weren't for the ability to serve more effective advertisements.

If I'm going to offer an application monetized with Ads, I'm going to use a big ad network like Google which requires cookies to personalize the ads and prevent fraud. I could not care less about collecting your personal data.

And that's probably the same for 99% of websites.

	▲	rapnie 21 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		A blog writer who injects ads cares in an analogy similar to how a low-level street dealer cares about pushing to clients. It provides the income. Further up the chain it goes much further than just ads, up to state actors who try to influence elections all across the globe, based on such data. And with AI a new Wild West wide open to explore.
	▲	zelphirkalt 44 minutes ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Well, without any personal data, FB/Meta and Google would have nothing. Their whole business model is selling the idea, that they are able to advertise better, due to them knowing things about people and their preferences or interests. Obviously you need to consider what happens in the large.
	▲	s1mplicissimus an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		> It's garbage and no one would waste energy for it, if it weren't for the ability to serve more effective advertisements. Advertisements, among other things, for political views, influencing voter behavior. Which lots of interest groups care about

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tonyhart7 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

that just shallow and one sided argument that never respect another side of coin