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I don't really understand this motivation. Google profiting from your actions doesn't necessarily mean that you're losing something. It's not a zero sum game
by Vraxx 10y ago
I don't really understand this motivation. Google profiting from your actions doesn't necessarily mean that you're losing something. It's not a zero sum game between you and Google, there are other actors in the system.
A similar analogy would be how social systems are valued by their number of users. Their value is not coming from your pocket, you add value to them by being a user and they add value to you by providing you with some service that you enjoy (thus the reason you are a user of theirs). Granted, I understand if your reasoning is not wanting to "pay" more personal info to Google, I just wanted to point out that their profit has no net positive or negative impact on you in it's own right.
- kbutler 10y agoBiologically, you're much better off with commensal organisms that expect to have a long, profitable relationship with you, giving you things you want and benefiting from you in return, rather than organisms with a shorter time horizon.
- balls187 10y ago> I don't really understand this motivation. Google profiting from your actions doesn't necessarily mean that you're losing something. It has nothing to do with "I should also profit from my data" but rather, I want to contribute less to Google's dominance. Google has become very powerful--it's in the top 10 of lobby spending in the US. Their power is tied to their profits, and limiting my contribution of one, should limit my contribution to the other.
- Vraxx 10y agoAh okay. That's fair, I wasn't really considering it as an adversarial situation in terms of power. I was looking at it more from a "purchase this product" or not in an isolated decision.