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Meta now lets you block Instagram from collecting your data - SamMobile (www.sammobile.com)

submitted 1 year ago by ijeff@lemdro.id to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] ram@bookwormstory.social 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So, what if they purposely turn your feeds to shit, and have an obnoxious ad at the top of every screen saying:
Don't like your feed? Change your privacy settings to make it more personalised!

[–] vector_zero@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

YouTube does exactly that if you disable your watch history. Or rather, they just disable video recommendations on your home page altogether.