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Google can now read your WhatsApp messages

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467 points bundie | 2 comments | 08 Jul 25 16:11 UTC | HN request time: 0.414s | source
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bix6 ◴[08 Jul 25 16:59 UTC] No.44501849[source]▶
These big tech companies are so frustrating. Why does every single aspect of our digital lives need to be monitored? It’s like whack a mole trying to get the most basic of privacy.
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Workaccount2 ◴[08 Jul 25 17:45 UTC] No.44502307[source]▶
Because people collectively vote for the ad model over the subscription model.
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dakiol ◴[08 Jul 25 19:02 UTC] No.44502956[source]▶
I pay for 2 streaming services. They include annoying ads and the only way to avoid ads is, yeah to just pay more. No sense at all.
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1. drexlspivey ◴[08 Jul 25 19:39 UTC] No.44503305[source]▶
That makes perfect sense actually, you pay them half of the ad revenue to get rid of half the ads.
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2. owebmaster ◴[08 Jul 25 23:27 UTC] No.44504942[source]▶
Perfect sense. Later, we pay to get ride of 90% of the ads to still have ads everywhere. Then 99% and on.