Leebra privacy
login register

To Save the News, We Must Ban Surveillance Advertising

3 years ago by kixik to c/privacy

save

share

report

This is part three of an ongoing, five-part series. Part one, the introduction, is here. Part two, about breaking up ad-tech companies, is here.The ad-tech industry is incredibly profitable, raking in hundreds of billions of dollars every year by spying on us. These companies have tendrils that...
load all comments
psysok 5 points 3 years ago

I have started trying to pay more for news access the last couple years. I don't regret that decision. Its less than I pay for streaming television.

save

path: 0 2091, hotness: undefined, score: 5, children: 4
unnecessarily 2 points 3 years ago

This has the added benefit of holding the news organizations accountable to you, as you’re their main source of funding. If they start to go down a bad path, you can pack up and take your dollars somewhere else.

save

path: 0 2091 2210, hotness: undefined, score: 2, children: 0
privacy
privacy

@lemmy.ml

login for more options
51506
5304
4548

A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

In this community everyone is welcome to post links and discuss topics related to privacy.

Some Rules

  • Posting a link to a website containing tracking isn't great, if contents of the website are behind a paywall maybe copy them into the post
  • Don't promote proprietary software
  • Try to keep things on topic
  • If you have a question, please try searching for previous discussions, maybe it has already been answered
  • Reposts are fine, but should have at least a couple of weeks in between so that the post can reach a new audience
  • Be nice :)

Related communities

much thanks to @gary_host_laptop for the logo design :)

go to feed...