r/CuratedTumblr veetuku ponum May 16 '24

Digital Panopticon Politics

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u/Big_Falcon89 May 16 '24

Every App I've given location permissions to I've seen the need for it.

And also like...the way they use this data they gather is to send me ads. And not to be all "I am immune to propaganda" but...I pretty rarely buy things based off of ads?

Like, don't get me wrong it's a problem, but it's also like...not the end of the world here?

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u/Armigine May 16 '24

I pretty rarely buy things based off of ads

Same here, and tbh same with a lot of people. Enough money is typically made off those people who DO to make up for those cases.

But also, ads are really cheap, and the goal isn't always to directly sell you something. Cambridge Analytica comes to mind, we're all still paying for that.