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Now i have to pay to avoid being tracked?(lemmy.world)

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This has to be against some kind of law right?

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1rre@discuss.tchncs.de
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The website doesn’t really care; they have hosting costs so if you’re not paying with money or by accepting ads then to them you’re worse than not visiting at all as you consume resources, so it’s good if you leave?

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𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pub
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So, it’s win win. Good scenario.

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ÚwÙ-Passwort@lemmy.world
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but the offer has consumed resurces

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1rre@discuss.tchncs.de
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Sure, but people have memory and if you block people who aren’t even going to contribute to the running costs of the site via the channels they provide, never mind profit, then from the site owners perspective it’s pretty great if you recognise it as a site you don’t want to visit as you likely won’t come back

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