> The bigger issue is "why is it that companies can make more money selling personal data about consumers than selling products to consumers?" If companies had

> The bigger issue is "why is it that companies can make more money selling personal data about consumers than selling products to consumers?" If companies had a viable business model that involved ordinary consumers paying money for services rendered, then their responsibility would be to the people paying them money, i.e. the consumer. Because advertising doesn't fulfill demand, it generates demand. It generates demand by preying on people when they are weak, when they are distracted, about what they are insecure, about what they are not knowledgeable.