I don't want them to know anything that isn't completely necessary, and even that should be wiped as soon as it's no longer relevant. Why should I be okay with corps recording all of my online behavior and preferences just so they can sell that info for a bit of extra profit?

[–] dudewitbow@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

To play devil's advocate, hosting the platform for social media isnt free, and if something, especially a service is offered for free, you are usually the product.

Then it becomes a game of convincing people to pay for more privacy, or sell privacy for a "free" service.

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago

My issue isn't so much what they are doing with it, what the could do with it in the future. As of now, they're just trying to sell me shit I'm not going to buy, and influence my political and social views. I already avoid ads like the plague, and I'm pretty set on my politics.

What concerns me with this whole digital personality profile is that it wouldn't take much for bad actors to get their hands on this info, and use it to unequivocally screw me or my family. Force us to pay more for less on an individual level, deny opportunity, etc

[–] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 year ago

tbh I'd rather pay like 5$/month for a good platform that respects my privacy than giving that away like we're doing right now

the problem is that that information is worth way more than $5/month/person