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I don't like the notion of paying with your data. You pay with your attention (ad views) and your money (purchases off ads). Data helps making this more efficie
by dx034 8y ago
I don't like the notion of paying with your data. You pay with your attention (ad views) and your money (purchases off ads). Data helps making this more efficient but you don't pay Google at all. I also don't pay a TV station that shows me ads or a free newspaper.
- hutzlibu 8y agoAnd I don't like the notion of google offering free services, when they are a commercial company and not a charity. And "helps making this more efficient" ... well, a tiny bit more. Knowledge is power. Google posesses a lot of knowledge. But even "only the ads". There are worlds between showing someone random ads, or a highly tailored custom one, made out of all the online and much offline activity of that person. And knowing allmost all about what a company is doing and controlling their communication is potential valuable in various ways as well.