Sorry to post my shitty neofetch to this community

  • CCatMan
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    1 year ago

    It would be fun if some government required companies that off free services to disclose how they make money and allow each user to see their particular value. This might help open some eyes…

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      1 year ago

      open their eyes to what? the fact it costs money to run a service? its either some data mining or everything costing a helluva lot more. and im sure youd complain about prices too.

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        1 year ago

        and im sure youd complain about prices too

        A universal claim only takes one case to disprove, and I’ll be that case: you’re wrong. I actually seek out the pay services and cut out the “free” ones.

        My real complaint is when the huge companies offer a paid plan, but then still try to double dip and abuse my data and I. So I leave for the smaller guys who have an actual reputation to protect and so have garnered some trust. The hard part are things like google street view, or youtube, where competition is way behind due to the sheer inertia that incumbents have (e.g., creators using youtube due to the huge potential audience).

        Other thing hard to ditch for me is android, as I really don’t like how tightly locked down apple’s walled garden is - not being able to run real firefox with my choice of extensions is a showstopper for any mobile platform.

    • WldFyre@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      How much money do you think a single user is worth? I can’t imagine it’s anything valuable