I’m not sure the reason for your passive aggression. I am not expecting the developer to give his product away for free, I have paid for sync three times. I simply want a reasonable option to avoid subscriptions and targeted advertisements.
To address what you said:
A compromised instance would be publicized on this very forum and it would signal me to move to another instance. That’s the beauty of federation.
Do not expect anyone to protect you from the authorities. If you have sensitive data, encrypt it yourself and keep it offline.
An advertising firm that monitors your scroll rate, your retention rate, the advertisements you look at the longest, your hobbies, and your interests while serving you ads within the app itself can be avoided by simply…using a different app.
I just think the privacy crowd is mostly wackos that believe in the privacy fairy, that’s all 🤷 Taking tons of measures to not have their data seen by others but still participating in public forums… If your privacy is so important then stay offline.
Is it really so obscene to be willing to share one thing and not share another?
When you go into work, you may share your music taste or hobbies. But you do not tell everyone your sexual preferences and kinks. That itself is exercising your right to privacy. If you go on my profile you can find my music taste or political beliefs, but do you know what porn I have looked at or even if I have looked at it? You don’t. What happens when the advertiser now has access to everything you have clicked or even just slowed your scroll speed to just take a glimpse at?
You mistake (best case scenario) a desire for privacy with perfect anonymity. It is perfectly sane to wish to engage in public discourse without being milked by ad companies. The fact that most platforms make this stupidly difficult is no reason to dismiss everything we say as nonsense. Do get a grip, please.
I’m not sure the reason for your passive aggression. I am not expecting the developer to give his product away for free, I have paid for sync three times. I simply want a reasonable option to avoid subscriptions and targeted advertisements.
To address what you said:
A compromised instance would be publicized on this very forum and it would signal me to move to another instance. That’s the beauty of federation.
Do not expect anyone to protect you from the authorities. If you have sensitive data, encrypt it yourself and keep it offline.
An advertising firm that monitors your scroll rate, your retention rate, the advertisements you look at the longest, your hobbies, and your interests while serving you ads within the app itself can be avoided by simply…using a different app.
I just think the privacy crowd is mostly wackos that believe in the privacy fairy, that’s all 🤷 Taking tons of measures to not have their data seen by others but still participating in public forums… If your privacy is so important then stay offline.
Is it really so obscene to be willing to share one thing and not share another?
When you go into work, you may share your music taste or hobbies. But you do not tell everyone your sexual preferences and kinks. That itself is exercising your right to privacy. If you go on my profile you can find my music taste or political beliefs, but do you know what porn I have looked at or even if I have looked at it? You don’t. What happens when the advertiser now has access to everything you have clicked or even just slowed your scroll speed to just take a glimpse at?
You mistake (best case scenario) a desire for privacy with perfect anonymity. It is perfectly sane to wish to engage in public discourse without being milked by ad companies. The fact that most platforms make this stupidly difficult is no reason to dismiss everything we say as nonsense. Do get a grip, please.