It’s no secret that we trade our information for access to the Internet. So what do you prefer a subscription based Internet with privacy protection or a free internet with companies allowed to take and sell your data

  • Kookie215@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    We get the worst of both worlds here, we pay for our data to be taken so they can sell it. If they’re going to sell my data either way, I would prefer it to be free to use the internet at least.

    • Sackeshi@lemmy.worldOP
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      10 hours ago

      We pay an ISP because they have to maintenance on a massive physical structure to keep running properly. We do not pay for the Internet, some websites charge money but Google and the general web is free to use.

      • Kami@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        9 hours ago

        Bro you don’t need to pay to use the internet and even if you pay Google they will steal your data, so what’s your point here?

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        7 hours ago

        The internet is what you get via your ISP. You’re talking about www which is part of the internet but not the internet itself. There are plenty of things to do on the internet that aren’t www e.g. email works over the internet and I’m not talking about something like gmail but the communication between email servers and between your email provider and you when you use imap or pop3.