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[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's someone else selling your time/attention/quiet peace without your consent so I guess you could sort of see that as theft. In the same way that kidnapping is theft of your freedom, but then almost everything is theft if you word it right.

[–] Bahnd@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

This is correct, it is a linguistic stretch, but it gets my feelings across and is short and quipy.