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Re:Facebook's Hypocrisy on Apple's New iOS 14 Privacy Feature by ogre_codes on Friday December 18, 2020 @11:18AM (#25468513)
> This is wrong. Paying for a service does not automatically mean the service doesn't take your personal information.

No, but it does mean the developer has a lot of incentive to write software for you as opposed to catering to the advertising companies who are paying their bills.

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Re:Facebook's Hypocrisy on Apple's New iOS 14 Privacy Feature by johannes1234321 on Friday December 18, 2020 @11:24AM (#25468568)
The advertisers only pay the bills as long as users are using the software. But yes, with a "free" software users probably are quite a bit more tolerant to issues.
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Re:Facebook's Hypocrisy on Apple's New iOS 14 Privacy Feature by edoceo on Friday December 18, 2020 @03:19PM (#25471411)
No-one is so entitled as the person who just got something for free
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