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So many people on HN complaining about privacy, but then come to the comments section to defend an extension that literally collects and sells everything you do
by motoxpro 5y ago
So many people on HN complaining about privacy, but then come to the comments section to defend an extension that literally collects and sells everything you do. Seems a tad ironic.
- southerntofu 5y agoI don't think it's ironic. We can be opposed to privacy-infringing apps/corporations and be opposed to centralization and censorship at the same time. What this fakespot (i had no idea it existed until today) is doing is NOT different from what apple/google/facebook and other data brokers are doing. I'm horrified it exists and would gladly participate in setting those corporations on fire, but at the same time i'm even more horrified when they destroy their own competition in the name of protecting us users, because it's a shameful hypocrisy. It's basically like the police killing random citizens (mostly not those who are white/rich) then saying they have a monopoly on legitimate violence. The first situation is already terrible, but that they fight competition in their crimes against humanity is all the more reason to dismantle these entities.