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Sure. But the market is a good proxy. Investors are betting billions that people don’t care about privacy and so far that bet has been good
by intopieces 8y ago
Sure. But the market is a good proxy. Investors are betting billions that people don’t care about privacy and so far that bet has been good
- anoncake 8y agoFacebook is a natural monopoly. People have to use it, whether they like it or not, whether they care about privacy or not.
- c1sc0 8y agoNo one has to use Facebook.
- anoncake 8y agoNo one has to use electricity, for a uselessly narrow definition of "have to".
- intopieces 8y agoFacebook's usefulness outweighs users' concerns about privacy, which leads me to conclude that users don't "actually" care about privacy. They might wish that Facebook were different, but that wish hasn't translated into loss of market share for Facebook.