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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by TheTechnician27 to c/technology

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>Owned by an asset management company that also owns e.g. online gambling sites.

>No indication of authorship

>Almost immediate, jarring, and lengthy tangent into "applicable regulations" and privacy policies/data handling

>When we established the Company [emphasis on the capital 'C']

Definitely written by a legal team masquerading as someone who actually cares about/had any role in founding the platform.

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[–] JigglypuffSeenFromAbove 4 points 1 month ago

I'll finally stop seeing its search bar constantly popping up on my parents' browser toolbars!

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Who cares?

[–] TseseJuer 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

you seem to care. so much so that you read and commented

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I was more referring to OPs comment on how that statement is soulless. Unfortunately I only knew about this after reading it, because I can’t read minds. Who cares about corporate speech if they close down anyways?