When it comes to "free" services/products, where do you draw the line on how your personal data/activity is used/monetized? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ComfortablyGlum@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Things to consider: How much of your data would you be comfortable letting Lemmy sell vs Reddit? If Zuck treated users better, would you be more accepting of Meta monetizing your data every way possible? When it comes to using something for free (tangible or intangible) do you accept a company selling your personal information if their practices align with what you feel is fair?

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[-] MrSilkworm@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

If you are referring to corporate "free" products such as email, cloud and media consumption, I use them until I'm able not to and switch to open source. ex. Gmail -> protonmail Google Drive, photos, contacts -> Next Cloud YouTube -> Jellyfin etc. If you're referring to corporate Social Media, I just refrain from using them, except FB at the minimum due to contact with old relatives. For other Social Media consumption, I ditched Tweeter (or X or whatever) and Reddit, never used Instagram and TikTok. Switched to Federated SM like Lemmy (Duh!!!) and Mastodon.

TLDR. I value my data,but I draw the line in accordance with my ability to afford it

[-] ComfortablyGlum@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

So do you feel that companies should never sell/use a person's info even if the product is free? Would you accept greater amounts of advertising and the use of anonamized user data if it meant your personal info was never sold?

[-] MrSilkworm@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Our societies have a tendancy to be more authoritarian, autocratic and consumption driven. The way the corporations are using anyone's data is not transparent and there is no accountability for it. There is also no monetary reward for the use of my data.

Therefore, I prefer to use open source apps and federated SM.

So to answer your question, I would like transparency and accountability about my data usage, as well as compensation. And no I would not like more ads. Since I realise that my preferences are impossible, I try to make the switch I referred above

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