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Neon, the No. 2 social app on the Apple App Store, pays users to record their phone calls and sells data to AI firms (techcrunch.com)

submitted 4 days ago by kennedy@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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people are doing this willingly??!!!

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[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Strangely reminiscent of the toilet paper dispensers in China: free if you watch an ad first.

edit: no, this is actually worse. But both are cases where data mining and advertisment find their way into our most personal lives. But I also remember something about facial recognition & toilets...