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Re:Degoogle: Cutting Google out of your life by fsflover on Sunday August 23, 2020 @04:32PM (#24255059)
Are tracking and ad targeting based on it (i.e. manipulation) also considered “the right thing for users”?
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Re:Degoogle: Cutting Google out of your life by cbolton on Monday August 24, 2020 @03:29PM (#24264465)
It's how they fund the products, and their users choose to use them knowing that they are being tracked to be shown ads. So yes.
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