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In the few short hours since I started using #Threads, #DuckDuckGo has already blocked over 200 data tracking attempts. These include things like "headphone status" and "screen density."

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[–] JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 64 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Not sure why anyone would install that garbage. Even a one off install to check it out means it will upload lots of data.

[–] BraveSirZaphod@kbin.social 41 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Some people simply do not care.

Is it really that hard to understand that some people like the idea of participating in a community with all their friends and favorite content creators, and find the idea of getting access to this for free at the cost of some privacy that they don't hugely value to be an acceptable enough trade?

[–] Aesthesiaphilia@kbin.social 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"some" privacy lol

Zoomers don't value privacy at all, and that's a huge problem.

[–] BraveSirZaphod@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago

Maybe, but ultimately, that's a decision that every person gets to make for themselves.

[–] skillissuer@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

the same reason why people are not using adblockers in current year

[–] JeffCraig@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's easy to missjudge how much of our society are just mindless drones.