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Reddit abandons user privacy - Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I left a couple of months ago. Couldn't be happier.

The writing is on the wall. The leader thinks the Genius-with-hair-transplants is a superstar, despite destroying a globally recognised brand. Inspired by this, Spez is trying to get Reddit ready for an IPO. This means, maximise profits by any means.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I read the announcement about changes to privacy on their website while signing in to delete my account literal second ago and clicked the link in the official post: https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit/comments/16tqihd/settings_updateschanges_to_ad_personalization/

Safety & Privacy Settings

I kid you not, this is what it shows:

Edit: misspelling

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I tried reading them. I can't because the fucking website doesn't scale to my phone. It realises something should change, but it's so shitty I can immediately see the edges and see text, images and flair cross over where it shouldn't. Ffs.