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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Problem is not just the ads they serve you, but also that they sell this data...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So we come to Lemmy where anyone can spin up an instance, collect our data, and sell it.

[–] psud 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Or you can spin up your own and control your own data

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

Now we just need to figure out how to actually sell our data ourselves!

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

Sure, but because of federation other instances can collect your posts and vote data. Federation is the antithesis of privacy.