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So, this is going to be slightly beyond me to accomplish. At least, I'm not really willing to apply the effort. But what if there was a service to pump out garbage data for these ad services to collect? Like, what if everyone used every toothpaste all the time (theoretically). Thus, marketers are flooded with bad leads. Enough to make a critical mass to stop relying on data collection tactics. To make sure this gets enough market usage, it would have to be free, thus the funding of such a project would be difficult. Perhaps a Wikipedia type of public funding rounds, maybe patreon and create merch. I don't know. I'm just interested in a way to dilute the data market and make it absolutely meaningless for anyone to buy. Hopefully, destroying the market. A handful of people doing a wee bit of ad blocking isn't working. Will this have 2nd and 3rd level repercussions? Absolutely. Will this hamper corporate surveillance on people? I think so. At least I think it'll be a better ride than the Gamestop market ride. Just a drunk idea. Throwing it out there. Maybe someone will think of something better off of this.


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