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[–] [email protected] 50 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Why are they collecting financial information??

[–] [email protected] 45 points 2 years ago (1 children)

they want everything... even they got banned in Europe because of this

[–] [email protected] 71 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They weren't banned, they just preemptively pulled out because they knew they couldn't pull this shit in europe.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Available in the U.K. Brexit was such a bad idea. Smh

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is this what convinced you of that?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

I knew that a long time ago, it’s just one more thing

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)
[–] Stanley_Pain 13 points 2 years ago

Biometric data.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Id guess adspace for rich people can be sold at a premium.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Because of in app purchases and commerce? Of all the things in this list that is the least surprising.