They don’t need to know under which name I access Facebook to pay me.

Im going to assume OnlyFans doesn’t do that because they want to. They’d likely be harassed by government if they didn’t.

Only partially.

They don’t legally have to require you to do social media. All they’re legally required to do is to verify that you’re a consenting adult. In that respect, I get that they require a form of ID and a photo.

But the social media stuff is something they pretend to require to add an extra layer of legitimacy to your account, and make extra-sure you’re not a fraud. It’s of course complete bullshit. They only do this to collect data.

And don’t think for a second you can open an empty Facebook account and tell them “Here’s my social media account”: they want an old account with lots of real activity. And only certain types social media accounts are accepted. In fact, they’re very heavily biased towards you having a Facebook account, and it’s a lot more difficult to validate your OnlyFans account with anything other than a Facebook account.

They’re in cahoots with Facebook on the social media verification scam. I believe a good portion of their revenue stream is deanonymizing sex workers and selling their data.

You miss the point.

What if you want to have a Facebook with the name “Joe Smith” and an OnlyFans with the name “Queen Georgina”? Even if your OnlyFans shows your face - which isn’t a requirement by the way - it’s not your real name. And you may not want to put your face or your real name on your Facebook at all, and keep the two completely separate.

OnlyFans basically destroy the separation between your accounts and links both with your real identity, your real government-issued ID number or SSN. And they collaborate very closely with Facebook in case you didn’t know. I know that because I asked them.

As for asshole pictures, as far as I know, asshole recognition technology isn’t as developed as facial recognition technology yet.

No and not for the reason you’d expect:

To open an account, OnlyFans requires you to do social media and prove that your social media accounts are yours, and of course they require you to hand over your real identity with your real ID card or passport and a selfie.

This is beyond dystopian. You have to be suicidal from a privacy standpoint to do OnlyFans.

Look at the plus side: at least you know what kangaroo testicles taste like.

Here’s something that you can’t buy outside of Italy: mozzarella. I tasted proper mozzarella in Tuscany and it’s nothing like the shit labeled mozzarella sold in supermarkets around the world, and for a good reason: real mozzarella has a shelf life shorter than Trump’s attention span.

People’s attention span is very short these days. The “x-minute read” is a courtesy to those who fear they might get trapped in an arduous and impossible-to-complete 2-digit-minute read.

Billionnaires are hoarders. They don’t need the shit they hoard but they can’t help themselves trying to get more shit.

The problem is, billionnaires hoard money at everybody else’s expense.

No. And if you don’t have real grey hair and a real walking impediment and the judge finds out, you’ll only make it worse for yourself.

You are running their software on their hardware with their limitations

It’s funny how it feels like my money when I pay for the device at the cash register.

It makes sense, but you totally miss my point. To go with your analogy, my point is:

• I’m not interested in playing cards

That’s it.

I don’t care how fascinating the technology is and how clever Apple are: they are not welcome to implement it on my device. I didn’t invite them to setup a card game and I expect them not to break into my house to setup a table.

My father in law was a proctologist - and also a man I didn’t really enjoy spending any time with. One day during one of those strained compulsory family dinners - not sure which, maybe Thanksgiving - he turned to me and said with this false jovial air:

“Hey, you’re a computer guy. I have this problem with my Windows laptop. Could you take a look?” and proceeded to unpack his laptop, which he had brought along, clearly to have me fix it.

So I got up, started undoing my fly and said “Sure! Hey, I have piles. Could you take a look?”

He got up and left without a word, and never came back. His wife kept visiting though, thankfully. She was lovely. But I got rid of him for good that day. But I did have to face the music with my wife 🙂

If they don’t look at my data, they don’t even have to encrypt it.
If they don’t try to look at my data, they don’t need to wonder whether they should ask my permission.

I don’t want Apple or anybody else looking at my data, for any reason, is my point.

Equilateral mostly. No good side to it whatsoever.

RFK Jr. is already kicking into high gear.

Oh yeah I kinda missed your last point. Sorry 🙂

How hard is it to grasp that I don’t want Apple doing anything in my cellphone I didn’t explicitely consent to?

I don’t care what technology they develop, or whether they’re capable of applying it correctly: the point is, I don’t want it on my phone in the first place, anymore than I want them to setup camp in my living room to take notes on what I’m doing in my house.

My phone, my property, and Apple - or anybody else - is not welcome on my property.

It’s not data harvesting if it works as claimed. The data is sent encrypted and not decrypted by the remote system performing the analysis.

What if I don’t want Apple looking at my photos in any way, shape or form?’

I don’t want Apple exflitrating my photos.
I don’t want Apple planting their robotic minion on my device to process my photos.
I don’t want my OS doing stuff I didn’t tell it to do. Apple has no business analyzing any of my data.

Knowing you have another half century left

I hate to break it to you, but that’s unlikely.

When you’re 50 in the US, you have a little less than 30 springs left on average. a few more if you live in a country with a functional healthcare system.

Think about it: when you turn 50, you’ll only get to say “summer is coming” 30 times. Merry Chrismas or Happy New Year to your family 30 times. Or “I’ll do it next year” 30 times. And when you’re 50, you know 30 years pass quickly.

And that’s if the big C or COVID or something equally stupid doesn’t get you first.

To the OP: enjoy your youth while you can. It’ll be over before you know it. Trust me on this one.

I match your desired timeline and I’d take yours any day.

When you get to 50, you’ll understand.