He Can Have My Data

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5 months ago 213,112 views 0 shares

He Can Have My Data

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OH. MY. GOD. The AUDACITY of these tech giants! 😱 Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Apple are all like "you will NOT have my data" while we're frantically scribbling our objections like some deranged privacy advocate. But then... BEHOLD! Gaben (aka Gabe Newell, the lord and savior of PC gaming and founder of Valve/Steam) appears, and suddenly we're all "TAKE MY DATA, TAKE MY WALLET, TAKE MY FIRSTBORN CHILD!" The hypocrisy is ASTRONOMICAL! We'll fight tooth and nail to keep our data from big tech, but the second Steam has a sale, we're throwing our credit cards at the screen faster than you can say "my poor bank account." The duality of geek-kind in its natural habitat!

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