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[–] davel@lemmy.ml 10 points 6 days ago (3 children)

It’s not even about the money, it’s literally about the credit card information, and the massive amount of data linked to it.

[–] Anafabula@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 6 days ago

I would pay for a lot more things if I could do it anonymously

[–] rigatti@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Do they not already know who you are and what you purchase anyway? I'm wondering how much of a difference it makes.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Whether they do or not, Google doesn’t know that that person is the same person as the one who is using YouTube.

[–] ubergeek@lemmy.today -2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Except....

They do already. That's info you can just buy.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 days ago

As I just said, whether they already do or not is beside the point.