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Legislation can help somewhat, but I think that having a stronger ethical stance can help a lot. Think back when Y combinator funded that "installer bundled wi
by rtpg 9y ago
Legislation can help somewhat, but I think that having a stronger ethical stance can help a lot.
Think back when Y combinator funded that "installer bundled with ads" startup. They got yelled at for it by a lot of people. It slowly changes things
- dalbasal 9y agoI guess we have different levels of confidence in consumer action-like initiatives. One sleazy startup is a rounding error to yc. Online snooping is worth at least 100 bn to Google and FB, most of the revenue of two giant and otherwise desirable startups. Also, it's important to all the businesses that buy these ads, the creators that publish on YouTube (for example, but they honestly get very little from this), etc. I don't think we can away that with appeals.