• Lvxferre@mander.xyz
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    12 days ago

    That’s a great analogy. And a fair point - it got burrowed, but it’s still there.

    At least when we deal with individuals using the platform. The platform is still listening to you, and sharing it with advertisers; that’s the whole model behind Meta (WhatsApp) and Snapchat. They’re still hearing you, and want to talk with you (shhh, I’ve heard you bought [product]? Here are some offers for even more [product]!), regardless of what you want.

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      12 days ago

      And that’s one of the many reasons why we want private communications, we want no creepy megacorp listening in