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by mrguyorama 8 days ago
Why should anyone at all care about this distinction?
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i care that my data isnt being sold

i dont really care that i get targeted ads, in fact i prefer targeted ads vs. ones that are of no use to me

Really do you care that your daughters are being advertised beauty products at the exact moment that they delete a photo because it's likely that they're feeling low self esteem at that moment? Because that's a service that you used to be able to buy from Meta.
i think some targeted ads are bad

and social media is probably bad

Why wouldn't Meta also directly sell data if nobody cared about this distinction?