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I miss the good old days when "if you are not paying for the product, you are the product" meant I need to watch some ads on a free website. Now, even if you p
by serial_dev 3y ago
I miss the good old days when "if you are not paying for the product, you are the product" meant I need to watch some ads on a free website.
Now, even if you pay for the product, you're still the product, and every company will try to get you to train their AI.
- evandale 3y agoThat is why I'm back to torrenting. Cheaper and no ads just like the old days when I cut the cable cord. I'll admit I have a horrible setup and binge watching 12 random episodes of a new show in one day is a huge pain in the ass but I've decided that's a good thing!
- capableweb 3y agoIt'd be amazing if I could torrent my co-workers so I could skip all those pesky ads they keep doing when we're sitting in remote meetings.
- zxexz 3y agoUnfortunately that doesn’t work for things like meetings!
- evandale 3y agoYes, obviously it doesn't, I'm making a general observation. I apologize for being off-topic.
- mgfist 3y agoI miss the good old when days when "if you are not paying for the product, you are the product" actually only applied if you are not paying for the product.