And i dont have any problem with companies knowing/assuming my gender and age. They arent crucial for me. If i tell you my age now you can use the info as long as you know when you got it. Data like visited websites, items you looked at, places you had vacation. I think there are much more valuable and protectable personal information as gender and age( age as long as it isnt exact date of birth)
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Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Would be quite surprising if there was an ads-based platform that doesn’t do that. Age and gender are among the most relevant things when targeting ads.
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hikaru755@feddit.de 1 month ago
Except discord is not ads-based? I’ve never seen a third party ad on there
Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Fair enough. I don’t use Discord so I’m not sure but my understanding is that it’s free to use. So how do they fund it? I presume by collecting user data to target advertising or to be sold to 3rd parties.
efstajas@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It’s monetized through server boosts (upgrading a community to have premium features) and premium accounts that give users additional perks and features.