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Re:The Guardian covertly sends your data to 58 tracking serv... by denkmoon on Monday April 09, 2018 @01:17AM (#16790591)
>be prepared to either: a.) pay your worth or b.) see many of the sites you use go out of business or have their ability to operate severely diminished.

Can't wait for this. The other day Facebook's COO said the same, if users want privacy they have to be willing to pay for it. Yet Facebook offer no such paid service.

Some (most?) people are happy to trade their personal data for free access. I am not. I prefer to pay for services I want. There are almost zero services where this is an option.

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Re:The Guardian covertly sends your data to 58 tracking serv... by lwansbrough on Monday April 09, 2018 @01:23AM (#16790621)
I think it would be a great feature, too. I'm all for privacy, but also understand the reality of importance that online advertising plays. It would be really interesting if something like GDPR would allow a company to claw back all of the data it provided to 3rd parties if a user decided to change their account from free to paid. Would be really messy technically, but I like it in theory.
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