or even pseudo-incriminated for attempting to maintain our own life.

It seems so stupid that I’m like a suspect for wanting an exchange of information without dropping my pants and bending over. No, I don’t want cookies. Yes I want to read the article but no, I don’t want to “sign up.”

It makes me feel like being a f*cking hermit. But I prefer to pirate. Even though I’m not that good at it. Screw them. I got two private trackers, a VPN, and I hope that’s enough.

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    10 months ago

    That’s including showing the ads. The data itself isn’t worth that much unless people are viewing them.

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      10 months ago

      As far as I’m aware the valuation is just data brokering - ie, the people collecting data from apps and selling to advertisers.