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Re:Facebook users said no to tracking, and now advertisers a... by throwamon on Thursday July 15, 2021 @04:21PM (#27849627)
This argument just shows how blind people have become to the possibilities. It's not either/or. There should be at the very least an option to pay and not be tracked. Most services offer no such option.
Re:Facebook users said no to tracking, and now advertisers a... by bllguo on Thursday July 15, 2021 @06:41PM (#27850965)
why should there be an option? is there some kind of moral imperative?

At the market there is one way to buy, I don't get to ask for alternatives to paying upfront. This (for lack of a better term) entitlement really puzzles me. In the physical world, if I don't like the terms, I leave and don't do business. But on the internet, when people don't like the terms they flout the rules and consume anyway.

edit: I think it would be ideal to have multiple options, I would rather pay directly myself than paying by watching ads. I just have a problem with justifying refusing to pay in the way the business wants, yet still consuming their content.

Re:Facebook users said no to tracking, and now advertisers a... by saati on Thursday July 15, 2021 @07:48PM (#27851474)
The ones willing to pay are the ones the advertisers want to track, so that won't work.