• ono@lemmy.ca
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    11 months ago

    I don’t think getting freebies from them counts as supporting them

    I do. Some examples off the top of my head:

    • giving them access to your stored data, by letting their code execute on your computer
    • giving them access to your behavioral data (a form of biometrics), through the same
    • giving them access to your system fingerprints, through both code execution and account creation
    • giving them legal influence over you, by agreeing to their terms
    • giving some of their legal arguments greater weight, by increasing their market share
    • giving them greater sway with publishers, such as when seeking exclusivity deals, by bolstering their user count
    • giving them greater value to investors, by the same

    There are probably other ways in which it supports them. Those are just the first ones to come to mind.

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      11 months ago

      Ok, but they give free games so it’s cool. They’ll surely make a lot of money off of my “never pays us” behavioural data