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> vilifying content creators who offer ads Not the OP, but the "brainwashed" angle applies to more than just ads. Anyone with a Gmail account is effectively s
by eps 9y ago
> vilifying content creators who offer ads
Not the OP, but the "brainwashed" angle applies to more than just ads.
Anyone with a Gmail account is effectively selling my communication with them to Google for a free service. And you bet that when told about this very few would see it that way. Consumers _are_ as guillable as they are ignorant. These new "established" online norms - be it tracking, profiling, ads, what have you - would've never flown in their physical form, but here we are in a world where Gmail, WhatsApp, Android phones, Google Analytics, etc. are considered gold standards of modern tech.
No sane person, if explained the exact ramifications of these "free services", would've agreed to any of them just 15 years ago. But they do now, giddily at that. Pray tell how this is anything but a brainwashing.
- saguro 9y agoI wonder if this guy will look at this topic and all the counter arguments and downvotes and actually stop and ask himself if maybe its possible he is a bit brainwashed.
- BoorishBears 9y agoHalf the comments are yours and aren’t counter arguments at all. And all the downvotes just tell me people aren’t confident enough in their counter arguements to let them stand against a comment that isn’t intentionally de-emphasized. And the fact you think I’d change my mind over downvotes, even in part, tells me something about you.