Cory Doctorow on Nostr: One of the most brazen lies of Big Tech is that people *like* commercial ...
One of the most brazen lies of Big Tech is that people *like* commercial surveillance, a fact you can verify for yourself by simply observing how many people end up using products that spy on them. If they didn't like spying, they wouldn't opt into being spied on.
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