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If the backlash lasts long enough to really change the landscape of non explicit permission data gathering then an opportunity for hacker news one million jobs

If the backlash lasts long enough to really change the landscape of non explicit permission data gathering then an opportunity for hacker news one million jobs may arise. How much is my data worth? I’ll sign a buncb of revenue sharing agreements with YouTube, Google, Mozilla, Facebook etc if the price is right. I know that HN has a lot of really heavy pro privacy advocates but I hope you can recognize a lot of people don’t share those concerns and would happyily welcome a little passive income stream in their lives.

beambot 9y ago
Really does seem like an interesting use of smart contracts? And it's not just social data -- there's probably real personal and societal benefit to collaboration around medical data too.
dominotw 9y ago
> people don’t share those concerns and would happyily welcome a little passive income stream in their lives. This is what I gathered from moviepass privacy thread on HN. Most people didn't care about sharing location if it gave them cheap movie tickets.
RyanShook 9y ago
Great point. Makes you think there may be room for another ad middle man that offers more to consumers because pretty much all adtech right now is built on top of Google, FB, or Apple ad platforms.
adventured 9y ago
> How much is my data worth? I’ll sign a buncb of revenue sharing agreements with YouTube, Google, Mozilla, Facebook etc if the price is right. That's not how it would work. In that scenario, you'll have a choice of paying $N per month for the higher privacy version of Facebook, or you can use the advertising supported low-privacy option. They are not going to pay you. Your other choice will be to not use their platform and they will be fine with that because everyone else will continue to choose ad supported because they do not want to pay $50 or $100 per year for Facebook when they can get it for what they perceive to be as free.

beambot 9y ago

Really does seem like an interesting use of smart contracts? And it's not just social data -- there's probably real personal and societal benefit to collaboration around medical data too.

dominotw 9y ago

> people don’t share those concerns and would happyily welcome a little passive income stream in their lives. This is what I gathered from moviepass privacy thread on HN. Most people didn't care about sharing location if it gave them cheap movie tickets.

RyanShook 9y ago

Great point. Makes you think there may be room for another ad middle man that offers more to consumers because pretty much all adtech right now is built on top of Google, FB, or Apple ad platforms.

adventured 9y ago

> How much is my data worth? I’ll sign a buncb of revenue sharing agreements with YouTube, Google, Mozilla, Facebook etc if the price is right. That's not how it would work. In that scenario, you'll have a choice of paying $N per month for the higher privacy version of Facebook, or you can use the advertising supported low-privacy option. They are not going to pay you. Your other choice will be to not use their platform and they will be fine with that because everyone else will continue to choose ad supported because they do not want to pay $50 or $100 per year for Facebook when they can get it for what they perceive to be as free.