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Maybe you have a bias because of your favorable financial situation (which is normal in here). For most people in the world, a reliable $10/month to cover their
by leppr 8y ago
Maybe you have a bias because of your favorable financial situation (which is normal in here). For most people in the world, a reliable $10/month to cover their Netflix subscription or buy them a meal would be something they'd be very happy about.
Also I think the reason you willingly give data to Google for Gmail is that you don't have a choice. It's take-it-all, the spam filters and the data mining, or leave it and use ProtonMail, no in-between.
- gaius 8y agoFor most people in the world, a reliable $10/month to cover their Netflix subscription or buy them a meal would be something they'd be very happy about. Your personal data has a cash value only because it can be used to influence future purchasing decisions. It's a simple equation, $x worth of personal data has a y% chance of generating sales worth >$x. It therefore stands to reason that the market value of the personal data of a person who doesn't have as much purchasing power will be less, and may not even cover the cost of stealing and then processing it.
- eksemplar 8y agoYou’re right, I’m rich enough that $5 a month is very little to me. Those $5 a month were something I grasped out of thin air though. If you look at Facebook advertising revenue, they are making less than $3 a year per account. Would you also sell your data for $3 a year?