I'm so glad I quit Facebook long ago and also started using uBlock Origin.
this post was submitted on 05 May 2025
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even a scathing rant about surveillance capitalism becomes fodder for the machine, as you can clearly see with the ads on this page.
Ads? I can see no ads...
And tiktok is supposed to be our enemy?
Por que no los dos?
TikTok absolutely does the same kind of thing and worse. Engagement is all that matters. Doesn't matter what kind, what about, or how that engagement is generated.
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The book is very good. Reading it now. The writer starts off with a great story about a shark attack.
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Let's not pretend that we don't have this type of thing happen to us. Maybe not beauty products but any time I slip outside of my ad blockers I'm made accurately aware that they're always listening. It's not a coincidence the ads you see, the TikToks, and the Facebook ads. It's just used for adds right now but it should scare the shit out of people.