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by vuln 998 days ago
Hahahahah. Quite the knee slapper.

I’m sure getting advertisers a better ROI is the goal. I’m glad someone is doing something about the bots. Jack et all didn’t give two shits and lied to investors and advertisers. This is a welcome change.

If you want a platform full of bots, build your own. Simple as.
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HeckFeck 998 days ago
I’d pay if the app bundled useful communication features and gave me control over my data. Also if there were no ads. Surely this would be reasonable.

Instead it looks like we will be paying AND they will be selling our data and shoving adverts in our faces willy nilly as before.

Stuff ‘dealing with bots’, this is worse.

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vuln 998 days ago
Isn’t this the modus operandi of every company?

Example: You pay for a vehicle and they take all of your vehicle data and resell it. Uber as another, you pay for the ride yet get ads on your journey. There are many more examples.

Just be honest about your bias against X and Elon.

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HeckFeck 998 days ago
Not at all, my current motor doesn't take any data from me and connects to nothing. I don't use Uber. I avoid data collection when I can.

I'm not 'biased' against Mr. Musk, I think he has many impressive accomplishments under his belt. I just won't blindly praise everything he does. I wish his 'anti-establishment' senses would make him more anti-bulk collection, it seems inconsistent to me.

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