I’m getting a bit sick of large corporations a) demanding excess data as a condition of doing business with me, b) allowing it to be stolen, and c) giving zero fucks about it.

What are some things that us netizens can do to make our displeasure known.

Extra points for funny ideas.

  • cheese_greater@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    More in the spirit of this, prefer and actively seek out alternatives that collect as little or even no data at all and test to make sure they run without internet access. If they give you a hard time or straight up dont work without an internet connection when they ought to be able to, chuck em

    Edit: also call them out in reviews. Why you collect data guys, dont you want my money?

    • Noxy@pawb.social
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      15 hours ago

      that only works when there are alternatives that work offline. which is not guaranteed.

    • Bluetreefrog@lemmy.worldOPM
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      14 hours ago

      This has been the go-to for decades and it’s not working. I feel like we need to be prepared to engage with the system, but make it clear we are not just passive consumers. Something that becomes viral maybe?..