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by matheusmoreira 965 days ago
> What does it matter what Facebook can sell your attention for? You own your attention.

YES. Our attention is ours. It's not theirs to sell off to the highest bidder. It's part of our cognitive functions and as such it's inalienable.

It's straight up offensive that they think they're doing us a favor by not advertising to us. Truth is advertising should be illegal.