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by user17843 2556 days ago
its not about the ads, its about the survaillence infrastructure.
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Exactly this.

People somehow think that if you get rid of ads the surveillance architecture will go away. They say “if you’re not paying, you’re the product” but the converse is not true - you could be paying and STILL the company could be collecting your data, such as ISPs.

We need full end to end encryption and decentralization! Everything should be opt-in by design.