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Mirioron on Dec 23, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Grindr €6.5M fined for not collecting users’ valid...

Except that these are businesses giving away a free product which has been immensely useful. Starting out I wouldn't have paid for almost any of the services that I use on a daily basis.

dmitriid on Dec 23, 2021 [–]

> Except that these are businesses giving away a free product which has been immensely useful

And that somehow makes it okay to collect personal data wholesale without consent and sell it to the highest bidder?

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