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Re:Meta prohibited from using personal data for advertisement by e_i_pi_2 on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @12:01PM (#34248151)
> Going by revealed preferences, most people don't consider targeting advertising to be "spying and psychological manipulation". If they did, usage patters would differ.

By this logic most people don't actually believe cigarettes are harmful, if they did then usage patterns would differ

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Re:Meta prohibited from using personal data for advertisement by astrange on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @12:20PM (#34248452)
Nicotine is actually very effective for schizophrenics, works better than most of the actual medicines. It’s the smoking part that’s bad for you.
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Re:Meta prohibited from using personal data for advertisement by e_i_pi_2 on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @12:36PM (#34248701)
Gwern has an interesting writeup[1] on nicotine and how the real damage is from the smoking

[1]: https://www.gwern.net/Nicotine

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