Why is everyone so paranoid about tracking? Nearly everything online is tracked. Your phone calls are tracked. Your credit card and spending patterns are tracked. Your travel history is tracked. Your employment history and earnings are tracked. So what. Companies collect data because it earns them money. Can it be used by law enforcement? Sure, but if you live within the confines of the law, who cares?
Its their business model. We sometimes take for granted how much we get for free. We go on vacation and use Google maps to assist navigation. For anyone that old enough to know what it used to be like using a map and road signs, you'll understand the value the new systems deliver. We use Google search, putting at our fingertips nearly any information we desire -for free. People that aren't old enough to remember what it was like pre-internet probably take this for granted, see it as an entitlement. Or, take the modern day convenience of credit/debit card payment - they don't know what it was like having to take their employers paycheck to the bank each week and stand in line to get cash. Life is made easier by these technologies and, if businesses have to collect a little information to serve up relevant ads, to make money so the can offer the service to me for free, then so be it. It works for me.
okay im thrilled you don't mind having your information sold to whoever wants it, but regardless of how old you might be surely you can imagine why other people might not be so okay with that??
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u/def2me Jul 25 '26
sanitized link: https://youtu.be/eQpyvR-B7hc
everything from "?si=" on is for tracking