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Estragon on June 18, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: What Facebook Knows

Now you mention it, it's kind of surprising that they don't offer premium accounts with no ads and strong privacy guarantees. I might even get back on facebook if they did that.

bishnu on June 18, 2012 | [–]

The problem with this is the people buying premium accounts are precisely the people advertisers are trying to target.

ryanwaggoner on June 18, 2012 | [–]

Selling both of those benefits draws a lot of attention to the fact that Facebook is making money from selling your attention and your data.

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