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> "The fact is that their entire business revolves around collecting personal data, often without being clear to the user about the details."

BS. They sell advertising.

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They sell targeted advertising. And to target effectively, you need personal data. I never said they sold that data, just that they need to collect it.

They don't need to.

You search for X, they show adverts related to X.

The extra targeting stuff probably increases their revenue a few %.

That produces inferior results. But whether they need or not is irrelevant. They do.

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