No, a printed newspaper doesn’t note what I’m reading, how long I’ve spent, or even watch every single move I make (https://boingboing.net/2017/11/16/fullstory.html …) and share that in real-time with dozens of other companies to add to countless profiles of my behaviour. But then you knew that.https://twitter.com/ClaraJeffery/status/931607727993864192 …
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So I suppose your blocker suggests that people give money to publications they want to support?
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No. Again, it’s not my job to fix (or support) your unethical business model. It’s my job to protect the privacy of as many people as I can while encouraging alternatives that are not based on this toxic model of surveillance-based monetisation of people.
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All that aside, it is Friday evening (at least here in Sweden) and while we may disagree on this – and I do hope that you will at least look into the trackers I mentioned and perhaps even raise this issue internally – here’s wishing you a lovely weekend.
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… (Key missing point: it being Friday evening, I am now stepping away from the keyboard to have a glass of wine) :) Also, I realise it must not be easy to be caught up in what the industry has become. It’s not fair for writers, editors either. This business model screws us all.
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While I tend to agree with you when it comes to privacy,
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