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vvilld@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

Remember: if you’re not paying for a service, you’re the product.

They harvest your data for a variety of reasons. 1) they pair your data with your broader Google profile (including search results, ad clicks, website views, etc) to better deliver targeted ads. 2) they train their AI (although that’s an indirect revenue stream, and much more recent).

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callouscomic@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Remember: if you’re paying for a service, you’re also likely the product.

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- fuzzzerd@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Check the privacy policy. It’s about all you can do these days, and hope it doesn’t change post fact.
  
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IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

Remember: if you’re not paying for a service, you’re the product.

So… Tor network and Signal?

Wikipedia?

Archive.org?

Lemmy?

(Not all free services are evil lol 😉)

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- hperrin@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  I pay $10 a month to Wikipedia.
  
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- slazer2au@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  None of those are business though, they are non profits
  
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  - IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Protonmail (and other proton services) has a Free Tier, and it’scompany, Proton AG, were For Profit for a long time (until recently).
    
    Tutanota (now known as Tuta) also has a Free Tier, and is still, to this day, a For Profit company.
    
    Bitwarden allow you to store unlimited passwords, they are a For Profit compant.
    
    Standard Notes let you have Unlimited Notes, and was For Profit until they got bought by Proton
    
    Notesnook also allows Unlimited Notes, and is For Profit.
    
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