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Honestly there is a lot of hypocrisy here in this thread. How many of us work for startups that either collect data on users usage of their app or rely heavily
by meddlepal 10y ago
Honestly there is a lot of hypocrisy here in this thread. How many of us work for startups that either collect data on users usage of their app or rely heavily on the data Google/FB/Twitter etc have mined?
Answer: Probably all of us.
- ncr100 10y agoSo ... what is the next part of this argument? Would it be a call for the next phase of technology economy to begin (whatever that would be) and ending the current 'data' economy rise?
- khedoros1 10y ago> Answer: Probably all of us. Speak for yourself.
- hendersoon 10y agoThere's a huge conceptual difference between my data being collected by a service I decided to use and my operating system. I play games, so I have no choice in the OS. Windows is the only choice. I can choose not to use Google or Facebook.
- meddlepal 10y agoI didn't realize Microsoft was forcing you to play games that only run on Windows.
- hendersoon 10y agoAhh, the old "nobody's holding a gun to your head, you didn't have to spend $50 for dinner, you could have had Kraft Mac & Cheese!" argument. Good one.
- ionised 10y agoThat's a shitty argument.