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[–] 115 points 6 months ago (6 children)

It's laziness. Most people just take the path of the least resistance.

Once you show them the screen, any choice is the same amount of work so they will select what they really want. But without the screen, 90% of people will be good enough with the default option. Or, they might even be mildly uncomfortable with that option, but not enough to do something about it.

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  • [–] 17 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    Yeah I guess people doesn't really care all that much about giving information to big tech, it's so normalized today, in my university (I am a student) when I tell people I don't use Instagram or TikTok and whatnot they look at me like I am crazy, tbh maybe if we define crazy as "not doing what everyone around you does" maybe I am

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  • [–] 16 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    people doesn't really care all that much about giving information to big tech

    I was one of those people some time ago. I remember doing it deliberately and saying "what will they do to me? Offer me a product that better suits my needs?"

    I never had any issues because of that...

    right now I decline each time, the more work it costs me, the more motivated I am to decline every single marketing consent.

    I do it out of spite, because of all the enshitification happening to services I used to like, and I just try to make their life harder.

    I really hope that Google will, some day, miss one cent needed for some huge multi billion deal thanks to my resistance! ;)

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child)

    people doesn't really care all that much about giving information to big tech

    To be fair, we haven’t had all the consequences of it hit the population yet.

    Surveillance pricing might change the narrative

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    oh don't you worry, it won't. Because those who refuse the surveillance will face the highest prices.

    recently I bought something in a shop I rarely go to. plenty of things they sold for two times the price if you didn't have a member card.

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