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Re:Facebook users said no to tracking, and now advertisers a... by AnimalMuppet on Thursday July 15, 2021 @04:00PM (#27849399)
The other option of "what you can give" is "give up using the service". That is, if you don't want ads, if you don't want to be tracked, and you don't want to mine crypto, the remaining option is to not use the service. If you insist on none of the first three, the service providers will eventually force the fourth option on you.

Or, as continuational said, you will have to pay for it.

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Re:Facebook users said no to tracking, and now advertisers a... by svachalek on Thursday July 15, 2021 @04:38PM (#27849832)
The option to walk away if you don't like it is an illusion. Facebook and Google can get an incredible amount of data on you just by tracking your friends. Communications logs, location data, calendar information, and more. The mere existence of the model also funds the continued development of mass surveillance capabilities. I don't see the will to make it happen, anywhere, but the only way out of the current situation is total abolition.
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Re:Facebook users said no to tracking, and now advertisers a... by blooalien on Thursday July 15, 2021 @07:52PM (#27851518)
> … just by tracking your friends.

They also track and profile you across the web. Even if you have no account with them, you still get assigned an advertising ID. Everywhere you see a "Share on Facebook" button? Yeah, that button tracks you even if you never click it, and that's just one of zillions of sneaky ways you're still tracked and profiled by the modern advertising industry.

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