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We Could Get Sued for This - Gamers Nexus (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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[–] 59 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Ah, so that's the context on that video. I ignored it due to the clickbait title and thumbnail. I've been ignoring a lot of his videos lately.

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  • [–] 30 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    I hate his thumbnails and his team really needs to better themselves on that.

    That said, the effort and quality of his investigations are something else.

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    • [+] -47 points 2 months ago (17 children)

    The irony of reporting on this from the largest consumer spying platform in existence, while collecting money from it...

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  • [–] 88 points 2 months ago (8 children)

    "Yet you participate in society" meme

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  • [+] -19 points 2 months ago (6 children)

    This is not "participating in society", this is participating in, contributing to, and directly benefitting from the very thing they're complaining about.

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  • [–] 27 points 2 months ago* (5 children)

    contributing to, and directly benefitting from the very thing they’re complaining about.

    You do understand what "participation" means, right? You understand that the original comic is specifically talking about contributing to and benefitting from the very thing they're complaining about, right?

    I agree with your other point that GN should offer more alternatives to watch their videos, but this one is creating a distinction without a difference.

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  • [+] -15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

    The original comic is referring to cars and iPhones (or smartphones more broadly). Basically, things you absolutely need to "participate in society" for most people. YouTube is very much not one of those things.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    So you've moved the goalposts from "that's not just participation, it's [things that participation entails]" to "well this doesn't apply unless you need it to exist"*. GN needs a major platform like YouTube to actually reach an audience.

    * By the way, the comic is illustrating a man with a car that's seemingly from the 1920s or 30s, so there goes that tenuous argument.

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  • [–] 23 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    It's where eyeballs live, otherwise you only reach small amount of tech nerds.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    That's why you make it available elsewhere for "tech nerds" who don't want to be a part of the problem.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

    I wouldn't mind if they also mirrored their videos on Nebula.

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  • [–] -3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    You would if you looked at Nebula's privacy policy.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    I don't see really anything of concerns that stands out

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago

    Did you even look?

    Nebula, our service providers, and our advertising partners may automatically log information about you, your computer, or mobile device, and your activity over time on our Services and other sites and online services.

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  • [+] -6 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Fully agreed. At least give an alternative source. But that would not play well with the goal of any of these YT "influencer" videos - cashing in.

    Walk the walk.

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