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[-] Sabata11792@kbin.social 49 points 5 months ago

My biggest concern is they will hold your data hostage if you don't pay or try to leave.

[-] admiralteal@kbin.social 33 points 5 months ago

Also, how can we be assured the privacy practices of their subscription/payment platform are at least better than the (likely blockable) trackers?

Forming a financial relationship with a website is, theoretically, infinitely more traceable to your personal identity than all the cookies in the world.

[-] Sabata11792@kbin.social 12 points 5 months ago

My bank would probably tell everyone before they did.

[-] onlinepersona@programming.dev 7 points 5 months ago

Can't do that in the EU (thank you GDPR).

Anti Commercial AI thingyCC BY-NC-SA 4.0

[-] Sabata11792@kbin.social 5 points 5 months ago

Im in the US. The law dose not apply to businesses who can pay bribes.

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[-] ErwinLottemann@feddit.de 3 points 5 months ago

but they do this here anyway, at least in germany

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[-] Daklon@beehaw.org 3 points 5 months ago

Sadly, they are doing it in spain, the judges recently stated that they can do it, and few days later almost all of the spanish newspappers had it.

[-] mindlight@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago
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[-] Scolding0513@sh.itjust.works 30 points 5 months ago

Privacy is not paid for. Privacy is taken. it is something that only you can achieve for yourself. paying ransom money will do little

[-] Sam_Bass@lemmy.ml 28 points 5 months ago

Even if you pay them, your privacy is gone. Any part of you placed in someone else's hands makes privacy a joke

[-] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 5 months ago

Now they got ya financial info! Even less privacy!

[-] Sam_Bass@lemmy.ml 7 points 5 months ago
[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 13 points 5 months ago

I misread pay as gay and I thought this thread was going to get spicy

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[-] VerseAndVermin@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

Is € 251.88 the estimated loss in revenue? I would like to say that it only makes sense if you assume the user will be on the platform either way, instead of just not paying and leaving. However, my experience with others makes me believe they will take whatever option to get to what they want.

I think it's a situation for policy but, at least here in the US, our policy makers aren't in the ethical or learned position to be effective.

What I'm saying is, the boat has holes and I'm concerned.

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[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online 6 points 5 months ago

The reason is because your country doesn't have a GDPR

[-] FriendBesto@lemmy.ml 8 points 5 months ago

The main reason is because the vast majority of people do not care or lack foresight of where that trend has been taking us for over 17 years. Surely you have friends or family who do not care. I do.

[-] lud@lemm.ee 5 points 5 months ago

Read the article. It's about the EU.

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[-] cucumber_sandwich@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

GDPR is EU legislation, noyb is an EU organisation. What are you talking about?

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[-] Mango@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Needs more pihole.

[-] shadycomposer@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Just avoid using them. Expecting free services without giving out anything is naive.

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