You’re free to not use services that use this business model.

Let’s not act as if this prevents them from collecting my data anyway.

My point was that providing a service free of charge means the company pays the costs of the service. Some companies offset this by collecting data and providing ads.

So you agree that these companies earn money despite me not paying them a subscription. Going back to my initial point: Do they lose money if I use their service without paying for it? Answer: No, they don’t. Wasn’t so hard, was it?

You’re implying that this is about small businesses. Big corporations don’t compare with a gas station. They make ridiculously large amounts of money off of ignorance, apathy, corruption, or us being too distracted by struggling to survive.

So do they or do they not lose money if I use their service without paying for it?

No, they don’t. You give them data by using their service. They then earn money with that data.

Where does the [12] reference point to?

“One of those flat half-height pieces is interfering with the shield generator, sir!”

“Can’t you remove it?”

"I tried but it’s really stuck and now my fingernail hurts!

Presumably they didn’t like how you used the meme format. Surprise Pikachu is usually about someone who’s surprised by something particularly predictable and obvious.

Just bin that Football Pitch Gnome already

Was about to say how much I love it when a random shitpost leads to an insightful comment by an actual expert in a very niche topic. Then read your last sentence. Well played.

Shoutout to all our ancestors who went “I wonder if this Lovecraftian abomination of a plant is delicious and/or deadly”

Hopefully whatever platform they signed up for isn’t owned by the bloody Hittites

Welcome to Lemmy :), you’ll fit right in lmao

Nice specs, nice setup. You might want to add another rainbow sticker or two, just in case :p

Haven’t watched it yet but am looking forward to more unconventional sitting

GOG Galaxy is like Steam but for GOG games, in case anyone else was wondering.

It likes chasing birds and dealing 2d6 necrotic damage

In case somebody wanted confirmation. Maybe don’t visit the page with Javascript enabled.

I’m confused. Did you want to help dad or did you install Windows on his machine?

Skill issue