I am yet to understand why people still believe that they can use an online service that does not track them or mine some form of data or metadata. I guess Google receives most of the flak because they are more open about it.
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There are plenty of open source alternatives to these services where you can verify that they aren't tracking you without your knowledge. For many services, self-hosting is also viable.
Why do you think that undue tracking and data mining is inevitable and unavoidable?
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I am yet to understand why people still believe that they can use an online service that does not track them or mine some form of data or metadata. I guess Google receives most of the flak because they are more open about it.
There are plenty of open source alternatives to these services where you can verify that they aren't tracking you without your knowledge. For many services, self-hosting is also viable.
Why do you think that undue tracking and data mining is inevitable and unavoidable?