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Re:Meta prohibited from using personal data for advertisement by throw10920 on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @12:33PM (#34248662)
This is orthogonal to the GP's post, which was asking "why can't people choose whether they want to pay for things with privacy" (paraphrased).

The solving of information asymmetry is a necessary precondition to that choice, but after you've solved it, why shouldn't you have that choice?

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Re:Meta prohibited from using personal data for advertisement by Dylan16807 on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @12:58PM (#34249006)
You also have to make sure it's really a choice, for one. If I can't avoid the companies that require users to pay with privacy, that's a problem.
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Re:Meta prohibited from using personal data for advertisement by throw10920 on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @02:28PM (#34250185)
Yup, of course - antitrust and all that.
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