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See, this is what I've never been able to understand. If you buy a camera and put it somewhere, would you complain that it's always recording you? Google's pro
by adtac 10y ago
See, this is what I've never been able to understand. If you buy a camera and put it somewhere, would you complain that it's always recording you?
Google's product is this - helping you as much as possible in your daily activities. This obviously wouldn't be possible without user tracking. So I never understand those who buy Google's phones and then complain about the tracking the same time.
- tdkl 10y agoGoogle phones are Nexus and Pixel series and I'm willing to bet those aren't the majority sold. Data collection happens nevertheless the device.
- sp332 10y agoIf I buy a camera and it sends video of me to someone else all the time... yes.
- tombrossman 10y agoI think Google's 'product' is their ability to demonstrate to advertisers Google's ability to manipulate users more effectively than their competitors can. To accomplish this, tracking is necessary. Any 'help' they provide you is purely incidental. If the data showed it was more effective to mislead users, they would be obliged to do that and ensure maximum value to shareholders. Look at the fake news controversy Facebook is dealing with. Fake news generated more page views and was more profitable, so that's what everyone pushed. What I'd love to see is a service doing some or all of the tracking and data storage on the end user's device, with relevant data being matched and pushed to anonymous users algorithmically. Easier said than done I concede, but that's what I want. I'm happy to pay for such a useful service and I strongly prefer this to trading personal info.