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minus-squarebleistift2@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·7 months agoOr your ISP just provides you with one when you sign up.
minus-squarethesystemisdown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 months agoNot all of them anymore. Verizon doesn’t, for example.
minus-squareTurret3857@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·7 months agoTheir point still stands
minus-squareCarbonIceDragon@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 months agoI mean, not necessarily in that case I’d imagine, since one presumably pays the ISP for internet services, so any “free” things bundled with it could also simply be priced into that contract already.
minus-squareTurret3857@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 months agoThat ToS definitely gives them the right to sell whatever data you provide to them though, at least in the US.
minus-squareCarbonIceDragon@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoSure, but won’t that happen regardless of if you use their email service or not?
minus-squareTurret3857@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoYes. The point I was saying stands is the “paying with data” bit more than the “free (as in beer)” bit. I know youre still paying to use an ISP :p
Or your ISP just provides you with one when you sign up.
Not all of them anymore. Verizon doesn’t, for example.
Their point still stands
I mean, not necessarily in that case I’d imagine, since one presumably pays the ISP for internet services, so any “free” things bundled with it could also simply be priced into that contract already.
That ToS definitely gives them the right to sell whatever data you provide to them though, at least in the US.
Sure, but won’t that happen regardless of if you use their email service or not?
Yes. The point I was saying stands is the “paying with data” bit more than the “free (as in beer)” bit. I know youre still paying to use an ISP :p