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True. The big difference between Apple and google is that Apple sells you pricey hardware, that just works. In the case of google they sell you. Thus, but Busin
by baxtr 9y ago
True. The big difference between Apple and google is that Apple sells you pricey hardware, that just works. In the case of google they sell you. Thus, but Business Model alone you should not trust google if you care about privacy. It doesn’t make sense for them to stop collecting data points about you.
- dragonwriter 9y ago> Apple and google is that Apple sells you pricey hardware, that just works Well, pricey hardware, at least. > In the case of google they sell you No, they aren't in the slave trade; they sell ad placement, not people.
- zitterbewegung 9y agoThey sell ad placement by observing all of your behaviors and figuring out what you want to do. (Refining the other statement ).
- evanlivingston 9y agoDuring the height of slavery it was widely accepted, culturally and legally, that slaves wern't people. Slavers sold implements of labor, not people.
- victor106 9y agoAbout Price: the google Pixel phones are not much cheaper than an iPhone. The last I checked Pixel xl 2 was 10% cheaper than an iPhone X
- dragonwriter 9y agoSure, Google also sells pricey hardware, it's just not their core business.
- stingraycharles 9y agoIf people were not be there to watch the ads, what would those placements be worth? It’s not the placement that’s the value that’s being sold, it’s watching the ads that is. So they definitely use your data to sell your attention, which is the currency you’re paying with.
- dragonwriter 9y ago> It’s not the placement that’s the value that’s being sold Yes, it is ad placement that is the actual thing being sold. Advertisers hope to get something else out of it (usually sales), but what is actually sold is placement. > So they definitely use your data to sell your attention, which is the currency you’re paying with. No, they are selling the placement. The placement is valuable because, in aggregate, there is an expectation that a certain share of the people to whom it is shown will give some attention to it, but the advertiser generally pays by impression, not by seconds viewed × share of viewers attention devoted to the ad during that time. But, in any case, either selling placement or attention is different than selling the user, which is a flatly inaccurate description used solely because of its emotional charge.
- baxtr 9y agoWhat's your hypothesis on why they collect so much data on people?