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[–] Steak@lemmy.ca 61 points 1 year ago (16 children)

Lol what ads. Old.reddit with Reddit enhancement suite and Ublock Origin. That's the only way I ever browse Reddit anymore. I have never seen an ad on Reddit. If they ever get rid of old Reddit I'll never go back there. As it is my Reddit usage has decreased by 95% since using Lemmy and never browsing Reddit any other place than my pc.

[–] Jupy@linux.community 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Problem is not just the ads they serve you, but also that they sell this data...

[–] Tak@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

So all you need to do is fill your data with LOTS of porn

[–] Eylrid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So we come to Lemmy where anyone can spin up an instance, collect our data, and sell it.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Or you can spin up your own and control your own data

[–] DudeDudenson@lemmings.world 3 points 1 year ago

Now we just need to figure out how to actually sell our data ourselves!

[–] Eylrid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Sure, but because of federation other instances can collect your posts and vote data. Federation is the antithesis of privacy.

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