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Re:Meta prohibited from using personal data for advertisement by Lio on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @01:02PM (#34249054)
That's a bit like saying that motor racing wouldn't be possible without cigarette advertising.

It turns out that banning tobacco advertising did not lead to the end of Formulae 1 and making targeted advertising optional won't lead to end of social media either.

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Re:Meta prohibited from using personal data for advertisement by malermeister on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @01:54PM (#34249766)
Case in point: Mastodon, an explicitly not-for-profit social network currently growing pretty dramatically.
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