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Years ago, when this policy was first being contemplated, someone at google plugged a number, likely larger than this, into a spreadsheet analyzing the cost/benefit of spying on their customers.

This is just post-activation operating expense from their perspective.

Pseudo-intelligence

I’ve never even met anyone with my first name alone. I’m essentially positive I am 1 of 1 when it comes to my first and last name together.

Hold my beer.

It’s the entropy of the internet. It always increases.

Dropout and Nebula are making some insanely high quality content, and those are just the two obvious examples that came to my mind. Both also exhibit a more progressive business model and are less capitalistic in their thinking.

I’m sure there are plenty of similar examples.

+1 now, and that’s for introducing me to the feature.

It’s worth noting that this is the second time in a few days where I’ve read something and said to myself “that is damn fine community moderation”, lo and behold both cases involved you, @TheTechnician27@lemmy.world. Keep up the great work, accept help from kindred spirits, and don’t let yourself burn out along the way.

Don’t worry, they were left totally unsatisfied.

My only quibble would be to swap “pay” for “invest” which captures both the dynamic of up front expense and expected savings from ending recurring subscription fees. That’s how I look at it. Every penny I put into my own digital sovereignty is an investment that will yield returns both financial and otherwise.

Editorializing titles with unsupported claims is a very right wing move.

Let’s be better.

well, mother does say that I have the thicc-est ass.

Sometimes, I read stuff like this, and I feel seen. Sometimes, I read stuff like this, and I feel fucking spied on.

I am a people pleaser who is not immune to flattery. Tread carefully.

I’m not sure how long you’ve been here - not assuming how long you’ve been lurking, or that this is your first account, but I think it really is easier not to care here. All kidding aside, try it. You don’t have this whole upvote/award dopamine cycle here, and in many cases, anyone can see the number of downvotes a comment has vs upvotes - something that reddit long ago “fuzzed” along with actual vote counts.

For instance, the comment I’m replying to has 3 upvotes (one of them mine), and 1 downvote as of right now. This ratio may stay the same, but I wouldn’t be surprised if you got more downvotes, because your comment was a kind of dismissive reply to a comment that probably represents what a lot of folks who’ve been here a while feel, which also came from a user that is very active and generally well liked. I could not begin to tell you their upvote count (can’t even see my own) as a proof of their popularity, so I just have to go by what I observe in my day to day, and this place is still small enough that you see familiar usernames in a variety of communities.

This is still kind of a small town, and you may come to see this bug as a feature in time. I did.

You kid but, at least in the US, we’re going to be perpetually a week away from returning to that time for the next 3 years and change - best case scenario.

This is me but with my wife. Mention you like something? I will continually surprise you with it until you get sick of it and cry uncle.

That’s my fantasy too except I skip to the part where all work and social engagements are canceled.

Will that really make it better? When they can saunter?

I don’t even care if this is true, I just fucking love cats.