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phyzix5761 ◴[] No.43965858[source]
Imagine every time you entered a specific physical location you would increase your exposure to a detrimental disease. After only entering a couple of times you've contracted this disease and each subsequent visit to this place makes the illness worse.

A few people try to warn you but you choose not to listen and, in fact, you recruit the government to make it easier to enter such places with safeguards that don't actually protect you from the disease and encourage you to enter more frequently.

You're then surprised why you're ill to the brink of death and blame the location as the sole cause for your ails. Yes, the location is to blame but so are you for continuing to enter even after getting sick.

Why do you do this? Because you want something. Convenience, pleasure, a distraction, etc. But you refuse to acknowledge that its killing you.

This is how we should view optional services that require us to give our PII data in exchange for hours of attention-grabbing content. They're designed to sell your eyeballs and data to advertisers. You know this already but you can't say no. You're sick and refuse to acknowledge it.

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bongodongobob ◴[] No.43965870[source]
But a dating app specifically needs all kinds of personal info. That's like, what it's for.
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1. phyzix5761 ◴[] No.43966100[source]
But its your choice to use it right?
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2. kube-system ◴[] No.43966317[source]
Yes, it is your choice to contract with another party who agrees to keep your information secure. However, it is also their fault when they do not uphold their agreement.