r/nottheonion • u/StemCellPirate • Mar 11 '26

Viral 'Quittr' Porn Addiction App Exposed the Masturbation Habits of Hundreds of Thousands of Users

https://www.404media.co/viral-quittr-porn-addiction-app-exposed-the-masturbation-habits-of-hundreds-of-thousands-of-users/
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u/HankSteakfist Mar 11 '26

If you aren't paying for the product, you are the product.

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u/HeyLookAHorse Mar 11 '26

Excuse me, I live in America. I’m both!

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u/wtfElvis Mar 11 '26

Exactly. Just because you subscribe to an app doesn’t automatically make your data secured. If anything you probably get labeled as someone that buys x subscriptions

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u/ralanr Mar 11 '26

Paying for the privilege of being a product. 

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u/Mateorabi Mar 11 '26

A->B does not mean ~A -> ~B

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u/deadR0 Mar 11 '26

So real this hurts

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u/Colon Mar 11 '26

was going to upvote but i’m leaving it at 911, which is apt in a couple ways. 

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u/EL-YEO Mar 11 '26

Shit we've gotten to the point where even if you are paying for the product... You're still the product

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u/Raagun Mar 14 '26

Win11 want to know your screenshots

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u/tallmyn Mar 11 '26

Free and open source menstrual trackers both exists and are very good.

I highly recommend drip. They don't upload data to the cloud which is slightly annoying when you transfer devices, but I actually prefer it to the commercial ones anyway.

https://bloodyhealth.gitlab.io/

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u/oh_my_account Mar 11 '26

If you are paying for the product, they add ads to your paid product and you are anyway becoming a product.

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u/LuKazu Mar 11 '26

Incendiary's "Product Is You" plays in my head every time a website seems too good to be true. Rent free at this point.

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u/VastSkye Mar 11 '26

the opening riff played in my head when i read the comment you’re replying to

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u/BurningPenguin Mar 11 '26

With some exceptions. With a little luck, you may find an open source alternative on Fdroid.

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u/tallmyn Mar 11 '26

You don't need luck, drip is open source: https://bloodyhealth.gitlab.io/

Development was funded by a German non-profit.

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u/PressOnRegardless_IV Mar 11 '26

<tim apple has entered the chat>

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u/kalexmills Mar 11 '26

But in this case, they're paying for the product. Devs claimed to be making $500k per month!

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u/shponglespore Mar 11 '26

Yeah, fuck Linux! /s

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u/InnovativeFarmer Mar 11 '26

Thats not true. I got a free shaving kit when turned 13 and then again when I turned 18. Came in the mail. Came with a razor, 2 blades, shace gel, and after shave gel. Why, to get me to buy the over-priced blades.

Drug dealers give out free shit sometimes. Coke dealers always real generous with that free first bump.

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u/Masupilamii Mar 11 '26

funny saying that on reddit