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[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Good. Maybe we can go back to paying for our services instead of getting tracked everywhere we go.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That’s not what will happen. We will have to pay AND be tracked. They are not going to give anything up.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Time to look for other services then.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

My food subscription is about to run out!!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Meshtastic is free... now imagine remaking the internet on our own terms. (blackjack + hookers)

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

When Orwell predicted universal surveillance he never anticipated that the people themselves would install the cameras, let alone pay a subscription.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

This sounds more like "everyone is on TikTok and Instagram and will only ever be using TikTok and Instagram".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Err... you think you're not being tracked when you spend money?

Wow.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

The internet was founded on the sponsorship model where content was free and ads were ubiquitous. while I completely agree with you that I would rather pay for the product instead of being the product, at this informs every single sign up I make on the internet, I think it's self deluding to think there's any great again to go back to. The philosophy was always there, the execution just wasn't possible until they had finished building their walled gardens