▲ 281 ▼ Welcome to the Age of Paid Social Media (gizmodo.com) submitted 2 years ago by psychothumbs@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 124 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Sgt_choke_n_stroke@lemmy.world 53 points 2 years ago (2 children) Imagine paying a company, who sells your data, to see memes permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] tacosplease@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) Fine. But imagining it is as far as I will go. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Mandatory blood sample to register. permalink fedilink source parent [+] SCB@lemmy.world -6 points 2 years ago (1 child) If you read the article, you'll note that paid subscriptions are for ad-free services, which means your data is worthless, which means it won't be sold. The entire point of these models is to comply with EU rules on data harvesting. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dustyData@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Lol, it will still be sold. They are still tracking your attention span and clicks. I can already think of two or three correlation tests to sell to advertisers based on that information alone. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SCB@lemmy.world -3 points 2 years ago Except this change is occurring because of EU rules that don't allow them to gather that data. Those rules are dumb, sure, but this is the workaround - and personally it's a workaround that I think is quite untenable. Social media succeeds because it is free. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tacosplease@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) Fine. But imagining it is as far as I will go. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Mandatory blood sample to register. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Mandatory blood sample to register. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] SCB@lemmy.world -6 points 2 years ago (1 child) If you read the article, you'll note that paid subscriptions are for ad-free services, which means your data is worthless, which means it won't be sold. The entire point of these models is to comply with EU rules on data harvesting. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dustyData@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Lol, it will still be sold. They are still tracking your attention span and clicks. I can already think of two or three correlation tests to sell to advertisers based on that information alone. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SCB@lemmy.world -3 points 2 years ago Except this change is occurring because of EU rules that don't allow them to gather that data. Those rules are dumb, sure, but this is the workaround - and personally it's a workaround that I think is quite untenable. Social media succeeds because it is free. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Lol, it will still be sold. They are still tracking your attention span and clicks. I can already think of two or three correlation tests to sell to advertisers based on that information alone. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SCB@lemmy.world -3 points 2 years ago Except this change is occurring because of EU rules that don't allow them to gather that data. Those rules are dumb, sure, but this is the workaround - and personally it's a workaround that I think is quite untenable. Social media succeeds because it is free. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SCB@lemmy.world -3 points 2 years ago Except this change is occurring because of EU rules that don't allow them to gather that data. Those rules are dumb, sure, but this is the workaround - and personally it's a workaround that I think is quite untenable. Social media succeeds because it is free. permalink fedilink source parent