cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/64574915
How about companies have to pay a monthly subscription fee for our data.
They do if you’re using their service without paying for it.
No. Ads are not the same. We never saw a dime
Yes you did, in the money you didn’t spend to use the service.
No, they don’t. You give them data by using their service. They then earn money with that data.
Which pays for the costs associated with providing you the service without you directly paying for it.
This has been the tradeoff for a long time. If the terms aren’t acceptable, then don’t use the service.
So do they or do they not lose money if I use their service without paying for it?
Without them having a different source of income, yes. Web hosting, IT staff, etc. cost money. Or if the free users outnumber the paid users to the point where the costs aren’t covered by paid users.
If you run a gas station and the only people who visit just need to use the bathroom, the business loses money.
I’m not a fan of sites funded by advertising and data collection, so I don’t use them. But let’s not pretend that users of such sites get nothing from the arrangement.
You’re implying that this is about small businesses. Big corporations don’t compare with a gas station. They make ridiculously large amounts of money off of ignorance, apathy, corruption, or us being too distracted by struggling to survive.
No, you’re inferring that I’m talking about small business by mistaking my analogy.
My point was that providing a service free of charge means the company pays the costs of the service. Some companies offset this by collecting data and providing ads.
You’re free to not use services that use this business model.
Why a request? Why not a button and EVERY TRACE OF YOU VANISH.
When we all know the request and the button both won’t actually do anything, feels silly to ask.
i mean, how are they supposed to not keep track of you if they’re not keeping track of you? just change line 27 from 0 to 1.
Damn it, based on past news i read, you are right!
Because data brokers want their shit to sell to the IC.
I agree, but what does it have to do with “memes”?
I guess privacy in the US could be considered a meme by some.
Yeah I call bullshit
I do too. Seems like a red herring. Media is saying “look everyone! It’s not that bad, no one is being tracked! Relaxxxxx, have a smoke and a pancake.”
Everyone clapped
And it works like this
If they pay me $100, I’ll sell my soul to the devil.
All that data now marked with a ‘requested-delete-haha’ flag, so hidden, for now.
When deleting you receive a list of all servers/companies your data existed on and you’ll get fifty dollars per list item so you can at least get some of your cut of the cash, as it was your name they were selling back and forth to each other. /s
