Re:Cognitive and Mental Health Correlates of Short-Form Vide...
by Aurornis on Thursday November 20, 2025 @09:54AM
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> Whether they're directly doing business with data brokers or not is not the point.
That was literally the point I responded to.
> They're indirectly profiting from the profiles they build by selling access to them via their advertising platform
That’s very different than the “selling your data” line that keeps getting repeated.
There’s a motte and bailey game that gets played every time this topic comes up. The argument starts with claims they’re selling your data, then when that’s revealed as a false claim the argument pivots to something else with strained arguments that it’s equally bad.
That was literally the point I responded to.
> They're indirectly profiting from the profiles they build by selling access to them via their advertising platform
That’s very different than the “selling your data” line that keeps getting repeated.
There’s a motte and bailey game that gets played every time this topic comes up. The argument starts with claims they’re selling your data, then when that’s revealed as a false claim the argument pivots to something else with strained arguments that it’s equally bad.