Though I wonder if you were open about it, if people would accept it. Just say “hey, this instance doesn’t ask for donations, but we track and sell your info.” Maybe some users would be okay with that.

[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

they can't sell your info (from remote instances) without you agreeing to a privacy policy. Now, that most likely wouldn't stop them, but it makes it harder legally.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Remote instances won’t have your IP or email, and other usage trend data. So that info could only be obtained by this hypothetical tracking instance. As for any remote content on other instances, that can just be scraped by anyone. You wouldn’t even need an account or instance to get that data.

[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 3 points 6 days ago

I know, sure thats just what threads did.