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Why is it not a good thing?
by miguelrochefort 10y ago
Why is it not a good thing?
- Antrikshy 10y agoCUZ FUTURE IS SCARY OMGeee!
- Spivak 10y agoThis isn't the place for 4chan/reddit style low quality content like this. Reducing someone's legitimate complaint about using a networked device designed to give fashion recommendations to profile their behaviors and categorize/log all their possessions for analytics and marketing to 'you're just afraid of the future' is ridiculous. In any other industry this would be a flagrant ethics violation.
- ashark 10y agoGiving ammo to companies spending billions of dollars to subject you to non-stop psychological warfare aimed at affecting your spending habits (and any other emotions/behaviors it needs to bulldoze over to get to that goal) is just fine, then?
- lj3 10y agoIsn't this called TV ads?
- uptown 10y agoBecause there's the massive potential for some of the data collected in these photos to reveal things about people they don't publicly share with friends, family or companies. The customer thought they were just buying something to get some advice on what shirt to pair with their pants. Instead, they've unwittingly exposed themselves to Amazon. If this is Amazon's intent -- and I suspect it is -- they should just be up-front about it. If it is, I'm sure it's buried somewhere in thier TOS. Make it opt-in.
- pbhjpbhj 10y agoI'd say because putting some of our brightest minds, and best technology, to work to even further push demand for things people don't need is doing the exact opposite to what humanity needs. Marketing has long been about manipulating people to create a perceived need, but this is stepping it up to new levels. If capitalism wants to survive it's going to need to find a way to monetise things that are good for humanity and Earth, that's not this. Pushing people to depend on fashion for self-worth, then dictating rapidly changing fashions in order to sell more goods ... What's good about it?