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Discord customer service data breach leaks user info and scanned photo IDs (www.theverge.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't know why people keep saying this. You either pay for a service, or you get a company extracting as much data as they can from you for advertiser or VC money. Servers and bandwidth cost money

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    I don’t know why people keep saying this. You either pay for a service, or you get a company extracting as much data as they can from you for advertiser or VC money. Servers and bandwidth cost money

    1. Some people pay for Discord and they still exploit their data.
    2. Some people pay for Lichess and their whole website is free of charge without tracking/advertising.

    Yes, things cost money. Yes, ideally those who can pay for it should. No, something being free doesn't legitimize unethical means to make a profit.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    You know those are the exceptions, not the rules. Capitalism means that you play the dirty tricks everyone else does or get left behind. Legislation is the way out of this, not the delusion that we can convince people to just "choose better". I tried to convince people for the better half of a decade. People simply do not have the knowledge to understand why they should care.

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