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Re:Reddit’s profane, greedy traders are shaking up the stock... by jfengel on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @03:08PM (#22426798)
I think it's more apt to put it that monetizing is the default. You could subscribe, though of course that's exposing even more than just tracking.

I suspect that if somebody were to invent a good anonymous micropayment system they'd be happy to adopt that instead. They just want to get paid; your privacy just happens to be the currency that's easiest to come by.

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Re:Reddit’s profane, greedy traders are shaking up the stock... by salawat on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @04:24PM (#22427510)
>I suspect that if somebody were to invent a good anonymous micropayment system...

They'd also be guilty of of violating AML, KYC, and other money transfer regulations. It would get shut down faster than you can say "Wait! Don't do that!"

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