Data privacy is all the rage and people want to have an internet where companies need permission to sell your data and where you can use the FREE service without letting them tell advertisers what you actually like.

There are only 2 possible models for the internet

  1. A free internet where websites, browsers and search engines make money by selling your data to companies who want to sell their products to users.

  2. A subscription based internet where you companies don’t use your data but charge a fee to use a specific website, browser or search engine.

I can guarantee that all these people complaining about “muh privacy” would not like having a paywall restricted internet.

  • theunknownmuncher@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    2 months ago

    And which of those 2 models for the Internet does Lemmy, the website before your eyes that you’re currently using, fit into? 🙃

    • Sackeshi@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      36·
      2 months ago

      People are using their own money to run these servers its a net loss for them.

      • theunknownmuncher@lemmy.worldEnglish
        151·
        2 months ago

        My question still stands

        there are only 2 possible models for the Internet

        Seems like you’re proven wrong by the very website you’re posting the theory to

      • Engywook@lemmy.zipEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        Indeed. If you don’t pay for something (be it your money/attention/data/time) someone else is. There’s nothing really “free”.