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First, I'm the type of person that thinks the concentration of power from monopolies could be the most pressing issue facing the USA-- But can you explain how

First, I'm the type of person that thinks the concentration of power from monopolies could be the most pressing issue facing the USA-- But can you explain how having another choice is dangerous? It seems like it'd be a gasp of air in the face of facebook's suffocating presence.

smacktoward 9y ago
The hens in the hen-house can be forgiven for not being excited that there are two wolves outside now instead of one.
zoul 9y ago
It’s not much of a choice if we can’t easily change our minds later. It’s more like a long-term investment, and if we are to make a long-term investment, we’d rather invest in a direct relationship with our readers.
open-source-ux 9y ago
But can you explain how having another choice is dangerous? Don't forget that Google also tracks online behaviour on an industrial scale. It doesn't matter if that information is only collated in aggregated form or "anonymised" (a meaningless term), we don't know how that information could be mined with AI or machine learning either now or in the future. In fact, I suspect that even Google hasn't figure all the possible uses of the enormous quantity of user behaviour it has captured and continues to capture. And that ubiquitous data capture starts right from school, where millions of students use a cloud-based OS called ChromeOS that records everything they do. The tech community's response to Google's online tracking and data capture is not scrutiny or questioning, but silence (or a rush to defend them).
ENGNR 9y ago
1. Seize distribution (facebook likes, subscribe with google) 2. Muddy the waters over who's user it is (FB instant articles / AMP, FB news feed / AMP carousel) 3. Start taking higher percentages of the ad revenue 4. Laugh when the publishers try to negotiate some back with no leverage 5. Do a big song and dance about how sad it is that publishing has lost all of it's revenue 6. Rinse and repeat (instagram / google news initiative)

smacktoward 9y ago

The hens in the hen-house can be forgiven for not being excited that there are two wolves outside now instead of one.

zoul 9y ago

It’s not much of a choice if we can’t easily change our minds later. It’s more like a long-term investment, and if we are to make a long-term investment, we’d rather invest in a direct relationship with our readers.

open-source-ux 9y ago

But can you explain how having another choice is dangerous? Don't forget that Google also tracks online behaviour on an industrial scale. It doesn't matter if that information is only collated in aggregated form or "anonymised" (a meaningless term), we don't know how that information could be mined with AI or machine learning either now or in the future. In fact, I suspect that even Google hasn't figure all the possible uses of the enormous quantity of user behaviour it has captured and continues to capture. And that ubiquitous data capture starts right from school, where millions of students use a cloud-based OS called ChromeOS that records everything they do. The tech community's response to Google's online tracking and data capture is not scrutiny or questioning, but silence (or a rush to defend them).

ENGNR 9y ago

1. Seize distribution (facebook likes, subscribe with google) 2. Muddy the waters over who's user it is (FB instant articles / AMP, FB news feed / AMP carousel) 3. Start taking higher percentages of the ad revenue 4. Laugh when the publishers try to negotiate some back with no leverage 5. Do a big song and dance about how sad it is that publishing has lost all of it's revenue 6. Rinse and repeat (instagram / google news initiative)