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> a government agency whose budget depends on a perception of ever-bigger threats will be more reluctant to violate people's privacy than Facebook What makes y

by cowpig 11y ago

> a government agency whose budget depends on a perception of ever-bigger threats will be more reluctant to violate people's privacy than Facebook What makes you think that a public ISP/whatever would rely on 'ever-bigger threats' for budget? As far as actual examples, I'm pretty confident in saying that some of the organizations that produce the highest-quality media content are publicly funded. NPR or the BBC are two examples that pop into my head.

jlarocco 11y ago
> As far as actual examples, I'm pretty confident in saying that some of the organizations that produce the highest-quality media content are publicly funded. NPR or the BBC are two examples that pop into my head. That's a poor argument because it's simply your opinion and you're not giving any evidence to show your opinion is more valuable or more correct than anybody else's. I can claim the Criterion Collection represents the highest-quality media content ever released, and it's just as valid an opinion as yours.
- RobertKerans 11y ago
  That's not really your opinion though, it's you publically restating one of the explicit aims of Criterion.
13thLetter 11y ago
> What makes you think that a public ISP/whatever would rely on 'ever-bigger threats' for budget? Perhaps I was unclear. Facebook will violate your privacy to sell ads. The government agency will violate your privacy to justify its budget. In both cases your privacy is violated, with the additional point that you can't quit using the government agency and if you get in their grill too much they can have you killed. > As far as actual examples, I'm pretty confident in saying that some of the organizations that produce the highest-quality media content are publicly funded. NPR or the BBC are two examples that pop into my head. They're very high-quality, and they also generally represent a single minority point of view in their societies. The two qualities are not mutually exclusive.

by cowpig 11y ago

jlarocco 11y ago

> As far as actual examples, I'm pretty confident in saying that some of the organizations that produce the highest-quality media content are publicly funded. NPR or the BBC are two examples that pop into my head. That's a poor argument because it's simply your opinion and you're not giving any evidence to show your opinion is more valuable or more correct than anybody else's. I can claim the Criterion Collection represents the highest-quality media content ever released, and it's just as valid an opinion as yours.

RobertKerans 11y ago
That's not really your opinion though, it's you publically restating one of the explicit aims of Criterion.

13thLetter 11y ago

> What makes you think that a public ISP/whatever would rely on 'ever-bigger threats' for budget? Perhaps I was unclear. Facebook will violate your privacy to sell ads. The government agency will violate your privacy to justify its budget. In both cases your privacy is violated, with the additional point that you can't quit using the government agency and if you get in their grill too much they can have you killed. > As far as actual examples, I'm pretty confident in saying that some of the organizations that produce the highest-quality media content are publicly funded. NPR or the BBC are two examples that pop into my head. They're very high-quality, and they also generally represent a single minority point of view in their societies. The two qualities are not mutually exclusive.