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[–] TheRealKuni@midwest.social 14 points 13 hours ago (4 children)

As I understand it that has more to do with covering their ass. They haven’t changed their practices.

[–] JuxtaposedJaguar@lemmy.ml -5 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

The fact that they think they need to cover their ass about selling user data is concerning enough.

[–] TheRealKuni@midwest.social 8 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Don’t take my word for it, you can read what they said about it here. Seems perfectly reasonable to me.

[–] JuxtaposedJaguar@lemmy.ml -5 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, I read that and I think it's a weak justification.