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  • grue ,

    That's why the only safe software in the long term is Free Software.

    Olhonestjim , (edited )

    Corpo apps are like

    "Do you love me? Rate 5 stars?"

    No I don't love you. How about zero stars for sexual harassment? Do I need to talk to HR?

    RGB3x3 ,

    Fucking within like 2 minutes of using their apps too, they ask, "do you like the app?" Then another popup that says, "provide feedback for why you don't like our app?"

    Because you keep getting in the way of me actually doing what I need to do. And it's getting uninstalled as soon as I'm done with it.

    jaybone ,

    It’s to the point where no one wants to do shit on their website anymore. They force you to download the app. So they can get even more access and control of your info. And like I need more motherfucking apps on my goddamn home screens. Fuck that shit.

    manucode ,
    @manucode@infosec.pub avatar

    How is that GDPR compliant?

    rikudou ,

    They'll give you $2 or something like that if you give them consent. You would be surprised how well that works.

    vodkasolution ,
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    Still not possible under EU law (as meta for the no-ads paid subscription)

    rikudou ,

    That's very different, they want you to either pay or not have access. This would be you still having access, but being paid for giving them data voluntarily.

    That's perfectly legal and employed across many European business entities.

    vodkasolution ,
    @vodkasolution@feddit.it avatar

    You can't tie selling user data to some user payment at that level

    romp_2_door ,

    It'll probably launch in the US only to avoid GDPR concerns

    Blackmist ,

    By showing you an annoying popup every time you use PayPal, and eventually you'll accidentally click OK and it will mysteriously remember this and never ask you again.

    admin ,
    @admin@lemmy.my-box.dev avatar

    I'm more surprised they hadn't yet, to be honest.

    Over here regular banks have been doing that for years 😥

    rtxn ,

    I hope they enjoy analzying my once-a-month subscription to FFXIV and nothing else.

    Kushan , (edited )
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    Prepare to get inundated with ads for anime girls and other weeb shit.

    EDIT: To clarify, I mean "weeb" as a term of endearment rather than the pejorative.

    wandermind ,

    I first thought this was a bad idea by Paypal but you opened my eyes

    activ8r ,

    Of course it is.

    powerofm ,

    There is it. The main reason why Honey exists.

    Tikiporch ,

    Yes, their evil plot finally laid bare. Copy what Mastercard and Visa have been doing since the 80s.

    Whirling_Cloudburst ,

    Just the tip you say?

    How about no way!

    autotldr Bot ,

    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    PayPal will use data from billions of customer transactions to supercharge its nascent ad business.

    The new PayPal Ads group is headed by recent hire Mark Grether, a senior vice president and GM at PayPal, who says the budding advertising operation will "help make merchants smarter to sell more products and services effectively, as well as enable consumers to discover more of what they love."

    But, his reported statement doesn't really dwell on the fact that it will be using customer data, including purchase history, to pull this off.

    In addition to the main PayPal platform, it also operates cash transfer app Venmo and Honey, a browser extension designed to find deals online.

    The report also mentions that Venmo will see fewer ads served in order to not drive off its younger users.

    PayPal's data on users' purchases and other transactions, combined with AI, might prove to be great at advertising, though probably to the consternation and frustration of recipients.


    The original article contains 366 words, the summary contains 160 words. Saved 56%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!

    daisyKutter ,
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    Is there an alternative to paypal?

    Dremor ,
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    Depends on what feature you use.

    https://alternativeto.net/software/paypal/

    rikudou ,

    For my use case Revolut mostly replaced it.

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