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> the free ad supported model supports millions of peoples livelihoods

That doesn't necessarily make it right. Online scamming also supports a lot of people's livelihoods.

One is a business model, one is a crime and fraud.

I’d expect you to know the difference.

Lying in a privacy policy and breaching privacy-related regulations can also be fraud and illegal. Think about why there's so much pushback against the GDPR despite it only primarily mandating transparency with regards to data usage (if they were doing things above-board why would they be afraid?).

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