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I don't know why everyone is always so shocked. People want smart devices/services that understand them. Where do you think the data comes from? From you!
by ibdf 9y ago
I don't know why everyone is always so shocked. People want smart devices/services that understand them. Where do you think the data comes from? From you!
- alexandercrohde 9y agoNobody is asking moviepass to understand them...
- parfe 9y agoNo, they just want subsidized tickets, but then whine that MoviePass gets something out of the deal.
- throwaway2048 9y agoyeah not like they are being paid or anything. The market equilibrium rests where you can extract maximum value, if they can get away with tracking, they will do it, it has absolutely nothing to do with it being a fair deal or not.
- ben_jones 9y agoMoreover how can our government condemn commercial data mining while at the same time expanding domestic surveillance? "Don't share your data its harmful! Unless you share it with us!".
- lghh 9y agoJust because we have not made progress in domestic surveillance does not mean we can't make progress in commercial data mining. It may be hypocritical to have one at the rate we do and legislate the other (though I don't think it necessarily is), but it's better to do that than to have both.
- dragonwriter 9y ago> Moreover how can our government condemn commercial data mining while at the same time expanding domestic surveillance? The same way they can condemn kidnapping for hire while maintaining prisons?
- Spooky23 9y agoIf you don’t have a problem with random tech companies tracking your every move, why shouldn’t the government?
- s73v3r_ 9y agoNo, those are two completely separate things.
- mirimir 9y agoDomestic mass surveillance is unconstitutional. Back when the US Constitution was drafted, there was virtually no commercial data gathering. So we arguably need the Fourth Amendment extended to the commercial sector. Maybe also the First Amendment.
- 908087 9y agoThey won't, because commercial mass surveillance is an essential part of modern government mass surveillance.
- lghh 9y agoI don't need MoviePass to understand me. I want MoviePass to take my money and give me movie tickets.
- asdsa5325 9y agoWhich isn't profitable. If you want MoviePass to exist, they need another source of revenue...
- chiefalchemist 9y agoAgreed. Seems like an app for common sense would make a couple gazillion and then some.
- ngngngng 9y agoThat's the struggle. Virtually unlimited movie tickets each month for the price of one movie ticket a month sounds too good to be true because it is. There's no way for this to work without some other source of revenue. If you would like the option to pay more and NOT be tracked, we just call that buying movie tickets and you've been able to do it all along.
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- laythea 9y agoYes but is the issue here not that they were not told that they were being spied on?
- gowld 9y agoIt's still too good to be true. Why aren't there dozens of apps offering me $100/yr flat-out for my location data? MoviePass is a play to intermediate the movie-shopping experience, so they can extort kickbacks from theaters.
- AlexandrB 9y agoThis can be used to excuse the worst kind of behaviour. Maybe if MoviePass can't operate profitably without violating people's privacy, it's just not a good startup idea.
- jastanton 9y agoI think it's because there is no apparent user facing feature that uses this data. In the future they may get parking related features, or deeper ride share integrations. But because they're not upfront with how they are using the data, and their are currently 0 user facing features it seems unwarranted.
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