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Re:Restoring your privacy costs money, which makes it a mark... by fighterpilot on Friday July 16, 2021 @04:31AM (#27854137)
GP's point is that it may be cost prohibitive to some but it's too cheap to be a marker of class in developed countries. It'd be like saying a Netflix subscription is a marker of class.
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Re:Restoring your privacy costs money, which makes it a mark... by murgindrag on Friday July 16, 2021 @09:03AM (#27855790)
No, I think you overestimate the financial resources of about half of the people in the US. Being able to afford $90/year for each web service is definitely a marker of class.

That's even more true globally.

And yes, Netflix is hard on some people too. I know plenty of people not in the software engineer class who (illegally) share Netflix subscriptions or don't have them at all.

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Re:Restoring your privacy costs money, which makes it a mark... by ClumsyPilot on Friday July 16, 2021 @06:59AM (#27854951)
I think if you added up all software you might need as paid, from MS Word to a VPN, cloud storage ala dropbox, password manager, imagine google searxh was a oaid service instead, etc. you would arrive at circa $100.
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