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minus-squarelud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI don’t use third party clients but I thought that the entire point of them was that you don’t use an account.
minus-squareboywar3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThere is still a footprint of “person is watching X, then they go to Y” with or without an account by my understanding. Its less valuable data, sure, but it all feeds thr algorithm
minus-squarelud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoMaybe, it would depend on how the front ends work with how they get content and so on. Either way I doubt they care much about that data. I would bet they would bet they would rather get rid of those users.
minus-squareboywar3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThe effort/cost expended to go after a tiny group of people vs the amount of money generated/saved from stopping them was (and probably still is) not worth it. There just aren’t that many people who use 3rd party services without accounts.
I don’t use third party clients but I thought that the entire point of them was that you don’t use an account.
There is still a footprint of “person is watching X, then they go to Y” with or without an account by my understanding.
Its less valuable data, sure, but it all feeds thr algorithm
Maybe, it would depend on how the front ends work with how they get content and so on.
Either way I doubt they care much about that data. I would bet they would bet they would rather get rid of those users.
The effort/cost expended to go after a tiny group of people vs the amount of money generated/saved from stopping them was (and probably still is) not worth it. There just aren’t that many people who use 3rd party services without accounts.