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fxomt to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months ago

Saudi Arabia Buys Pokémon Go, and Probably All of Your Location Data

www.404media.co

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Saudi Arabia Buys Pokémon Go, and Probably All of Your Location Data

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fxomt to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months ago
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A company founded by the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund just bought the most popular AR video game of all time.

Unpaywalled: https://archive.is/7yc9S

  • @MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml
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    22•2 months ago

    Yay, capitalism.

    • @SippyCup@feddit.nl
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      18•2 months ago

      The scene in Austin Powers when he first comes out of cryo and assumes the communists won the cold war makes a lot more sense to me as an adult

    • @Tattorack@lemmy.world
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      6•2 months ago

      Really feeling that free market…

      https://media.tenor.com/0BkvWV1SdzEAAAAM/dyinginside-suffering.gif

    • @GrammarPolice@lemmy.world
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      -8•2 months ago

      And what’s so wrong in this particular case?

      • fxomtOP
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        4•2 months ago

        The sauds are the last people you want to own anything you use.

        • @GrammarPolice@lemmy.world
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          -3•2 months ago

          I don’t get how that’s capitalism’s fault though

          • Suite404
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            6•2 months ago

            Because it allows people’s data to be sold off. In other words, we’re the product.

            • @GrammarPolice@lemmy.world
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              -1•2 months ago

              Then the “yay capitalism” phrase can be applied to any digital product, and not just to this one then

              • Suite404
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                1•2 months ago

                Not any, but you’re right, it can be applied to quite a few products unfortunately.

          • @cool@lemmings.world
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            6•2 months ago

            Bad people are allowed to do bad things as long as they have the money for it.

          • @raynethackery@lemmy.world
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            3•2 months ago

            Capitalism is the fault.

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