or even pseudo-incriminated for attempting to maintain our own life.
It seems so stupid that I’m like a suspect for wanting an exchange of information without dropping my pants and bending over. No, I don’t want cookies. Yes I want to read the article but no, I don’t want to “sign up.”
It makes me feel like being a f*cking hermit. But I prefer to pirate. Even though I’m not that good at it. Screw them. I got two private trackers, a VPN, and I hope that’s enough.
That’s including showing the ads. The data itself isn’t worth that much unless people are viewing them.
As far as I’m aware the valuation is just data brokering - ie, the people collecting data from apps and selling to advertisers.