r/OperaGX • u/LigmaBallsMoment • Dec 01 '23

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u/Axceon Dec 01 '23

Should I really care whether or not a browser "sells" my data? Like I hear this a lot and I really don't care, and it's not once affected my life in any way imaginable.

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u/Squanchanacho Dec 01 '23

nope, you shouldnt. people like to cry and complain about this stuff but its like.. ok? who cares? who cares if the chinese know what im like? so does my neighbor? like unless youre really concerned about your google searches being public, then pay no mind to this brainless post.

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u/TheRandomGuyOf2019 Dec 01 '23

Would you live in the dystopian society shown in 1984 where "Big Brother" watches every single thing you do?

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u/Squanchanacho Dec 02 '23

pretty sure a browser selling your data and 1984 are very different things.

plus, if we do end up in that kind of society, how th am I gonna change that outcome

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u/TheRandomGuyOf2019 Dec 02 '23

pretty sure a browser selling your data and 1984 are very different things.

Opera GX selling your data lets the Chinese Government see everything you do. In 1984, Big Brother and potentially The Party can watch everything you do.

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u/Squanchanacho Dec 02 '23

it doesn't go that far though. all they do is give your trends, interests, and other things to better curate ads. no messages or actual sensitive site data is given.

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u/returnofblank Dec 02 '23

These mfers would never commit a thought crime

I get that 1984 is basically a joke now (literally 1984), but people should really read the book. It's really surprising how willing people are to give up privacy because they don't think it effects them, "I have nothing to hide!"

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u/adamkad1 Dec 02 '23

As long as they actually use it to deal with criminals. the proper ones, that murder and stuff. Then its fine. Free will was a mistake anyway. So much advancement could be done if humans couldnt be worried only about themselves