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• Lemjukes@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Hyper Localized Advertising. Welcome back o the future :(

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  • Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I just saw an advertisement for a custom T-shirt:
    “That’s right, I’m a December dad, who lives at 62a, with size 10 feet and prescription glasses…”

    /S

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    • BlindFrog@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      “By scrolling past, you agree to sharing with us (and our affiliates) the following collected data types: …”

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• outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Oh ho!ey, what’s any of it for?

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• NIB@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  They use the same terms of service for mobile games and they just dont bother to change it for pc games.

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  • BlindFrog@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    This mistake makes sense to make as a mistake. But also, that’s fuckin asinine

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    • QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      It isn’t a mistake. Writing different EULA for each game costs more money than writing an overly aggressive one that covers most cases.

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• NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  So that they can have a back door to as many private computers as possible.

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