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By using Google's free services you agree to giving them data - that's not how customers want to use an ISP. Google is a company that relies on trust. If I can

By using Google's free services you agree to giving them data - that's not how customers want to use an ISP. Google is a company that relies on trust. If I can't trust them with my data their business will seriously suffer. Verizon in no way cares about users trusting them, it's not in their business model. It needs to be a choice what companies I trust with my data

zepto 10y ago
This is false. A lack of trust will not hurt google one bit since there is no meaningful competition for their search engine and the vast majority of their revenue comes from search ads. Edit: This may be an unpopular conclusion but it based on facts. https://www.cnet.com/news/people-trust-nsa-more-than-google-survey-says/ https://www.cnet.com/news/people-trust-nsa-more-than-google-...
tabeth 10y ago
It's very unlikely that Verizon's business will suffer, given their membership in the internet oligopoly [1]. Also, in regards to your other point -- what's stopping Verizon from just changing their business model? The fact Google offers free services is irrelevant. Verizon could do this and "offer" faster internet, claiming this tracking is what enables everyone to have faster internet for "free." There's a cost to everything -- including giving away your information. If there was no cost, then Google and company wouldn't want it. The fact that they're able to make money from it implies there's value, and if you're giving away value, it must be costing you. It's just not dollars. I still think you shouldn't let anyone spy on you, free or not. What Verizon is doing is just the same as them raising the price of their service, except worse, because once they have your data the returns on it will only compound. [1] http://www.verizon.com/about/news/dispelling-the-myth-of-a-terminating-access-monopoly http://www.verizon.com/about/news/dispelling-the-myth-of-a-t...

zepto 10y ago

This is false. A lack of trust will not hurt google one bit since there is no meaningful competition for their search engine and the vast majority of their revenue comes from search ads. Edit: This may be an unpopular conclusion but it based on facts. https://www.cnet.com/news/people-trust-nsa-more-than-google-survey-says/ https://www.cnet.com/news/people-trust-nsa-more-than-google-...

tabeth 10y ago

It's very unlikely that Verizon's business will suffer, given their membership in the internet oligopoly [1]. Also, in regards to your other point -- what's stopping Verizon from just changing their business model? The fact Google offers free services is irrelevant. Verizon could do this and "offer" faster internet, claiming this tracking is what enables everyone to have faster internet for "free." There's a cost to everything -- including giving away your information. If there was no cost, then Google and company wouldn't want it. The fact that they're able to make money from it implies there's value, and if you're giving away value, it must be costing you. It's just not dollars. I still think you shouldn't let anyone spy on you, free or not. What Verizon is doing is just the same as them raising the price of their service, except worse, because once they have your data the returns on it will only compound. [1] http://www.verizon.com/about/news/dispelling-the-myth-of-a-terminating-access-monopoly http://www.verizon.com/about/news/dispelling-the-myth-of-a-t...