• snooggums@midwest.social
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    5 months ago

    Looks like companies are shifting to charging users whose data they are stealing.

    The saying ‘if you aren’t the customer, you are the product’ is outdated. Now you are the customer and the product!

    • ichbinjasokreativ@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      Windows has done this for ages now. Buying a laptop, you pay well over $100 for the windows license alone, yet it is the most egregious operating system when it comes to datamining the user.