• JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world
    24·
    8 months ago

    Like yeah, I disable cookies and use an ad blocker, but I’m not building my own Linux distro, paying for six VPNs, and using TOR just too look at the Terraria wiki.

  • MyNamesNotRobert@lemmynsfw.com
    8·
    8 months ago

    If I can’t earn money for doing nothing they shouldn’t either. I fight back every way I can. That’s why it’s important to protect your privacy.

  • 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    6·
    8 months ago

    I seriously think that they litelarly have no idea what to do with that much data. I mean, personalized ads, yeah, sure, but other than that… crimes maybe… can’t really see any other use for it…

    • Sotuanduso@lemm.eeEnglish
      6·
      8 months ago

      I’d imagine it’s not practical to do anything on a personal level (aside from personalized ads) unless you really wanna look into one person in particular, so it’s probably more used for market research and whatnot. Easier to do a survey if you don’t have to ask anyone.

      • Revan343@lemmy.ca
        3·
        8 months ago

        Personalized ads aren’t even practical. I’m not careful with data about me, and the targeted ads I see suck. If Google knows so much about me, they really ought to be better at it

      • 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        8 months ago

        Yeah, but still… is there so much money in surveys to actually keep all of that data?

  • kwomp2@sh.itjust.works
    2·
    8 months ago

    Random wrong place I know, but dont wanna bother more people then necessary: Why cant i see upvotes/downvotes?

    • ☭ SaltyIceteaMaker ☭@iusearchlinux.fyi
      2·
      8 months ago

      Afaik instance’s have the ability to deactivate that.

      So either that or you have it disabled in your account settings

      Third possiblity: your app/frontend just doesn’t pull the data for that

    • cum@lemmy.cafeEnglish
      1·
      8 months ago

      Can’t give a precise answer since I’m on an app that might bypass that, but either your instance or the instance you’re viewing can disable viewing votes.

    • zout@fedia.io
      21·
      8 months ago

      I read in some other post that some lemmy instances display the upvote/downvote ratio since the latest software update, so maybe because of that?