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> they sell the ability to manipulate you to the highest bidder This seems more like a description of Amazon. I understand Google and Facebook to be data hoar
by chalst 9y ago
> they sell the ability to manipulate you to the highest bidder
This seems more like a description of Amazon. I understand Google and Facebook to be data hoarders: they build up the ability to manipulate you and use it in putting together the ads they serve, but they jealously guard it, rather than sell the ability on.
- colechristensen 9y agoThey're selling it by exposing targeting tools to advertisers which can only get more elaborate with time.
- beaner 9y agoBut the advertisers don't know anything about me personally. I don't really mind if I'm just an anonymized data point in a sea of millions.