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I recently got a confused look when I said that I pay for my email provider (3β¬/mo, but 1β¬/mo would also work).
Many people don't realize that operating an email server creates cost and they pay with letting Google/Yahoo/β¦ read and analyze their communication.
Stupid question: What exactly are the dangers being implied here? I have accounts with all of these services although I don't use all of them. I know that they are using and selling my personal information, is there more? I have ways of doing things in private when I need and I'm aware that using these services has no expectations of absolute privacy.
Some are selling your data, some are using it internally. Beyond that who knows
remember when tumblr wanted to go ferdiverse?
'There's no point fighting it' or 'Privacy is already dead'
The arguments that make my eye twitch, It's such a defeatist outlook but seems like the most common nowadays.
Yeah, like people say 'I already use windows/google search/whatever, so it does not matter if i switch email provider/ whatever'.
What?? I so hate this mentality: 'If you cant eliminate / change it fully, then why bother?' Bruh, small steps can go such a long way man...
Everyone says this kind of stuff about any and every social issue. It drives me insane, do people not realize that it's a self-fulfilling prophecy? If everyone I heard say "there's no point fighting it" got together and fought it, they'd easily win.
Severely lacking in car company logos.
Oh, those arenβt gaping Patrickβs mouthβ¦
Using the term "normies" paints you as having a superiority complex, which isn't the best look.
Youβre not wrong. That said sometimes it can be self-deprecating.
In any case, one substitute is βnon-nerdsβ, but Iβm sure someone can think of a term that fits even better in the meme.
I find it a very confusing term aswell because what does it even define? I always arrive on it being a synonymous to neurotypical outside the autistic context.
I appreciate you calling out the use of the term "normie". Communities that frequently use such terms always end up with an unhealthy "us vs them" mentality.
Like I'm not surprised people don't react well to someone bringing up privacy issues if said person starts the conversation with the mentality of "how do I enlighten this normie?"
How do I reeeach theese Normies
Everyone is a normie for some things