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[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (17 children)

If it's free, you are the product.

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

I haven't paid for Lemmy yet. Well, other than volunteer time.

I guess if we want something where we're not the product, we have to build it ourselves.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

What makes you so sure that the person hosting your instance isn't monetizing it or trying to find a way to monetize it in the background?

Maybe they're selling all these posts and DMs to OpenAI?

[–] WarMarshalEmu@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago

They don't need to sell access... It's free. Assume anything you post here is getting sniffed up by everyone.

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