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The key last line from this EFF indictment of Facebook[1]: "If a business model wouldn’t work if users had to opt in, it deserves to fail." To me the entire ad
by eevilspock 10y ago
The key last line from this EFF indictment of Facebook[1]: "If a business model wouldn’t work if users had to opt in, it deserves to fail."
To me the entire ad-supported "business model" is the darkest pattern of them all. Please read this comment before a knee-jerk rejection of my claim: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7485773 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7485773
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[1] https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/10/internet-companies-confusing-consumers-profit https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/10/internet-companies-con...
- andybak 10y agoSo far the negative effect on my life of the sum total of tracking and ad-profiling has been - to the best of my knowledge - neglible. (Largely because the ability of companies to use data to my detriment hasn't kept pace with the thirst for collecting it). In return I've been given free access to a huge amount of free content and free functionality. Plus - very occasionally - the advertising is beneficial rather than merely irrelevant.
- eevilspock 10y agoIf you read my link then you'd realize that society is subsidizing all your free shit. There is no free lunch.