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Lol. And how do they expect Google to pay for their state of art free Email, Docs, Drive, YouTube Video storage ? Almost every job today from a Starbucks Baris

Lol. And how do they expect Google to pay for their state of art free Email, Docs, Drive, YouTube Video storage ? Almost every job today from a Starbucks Barista to Uber driver depends on Google doing its job well and collecting all the data it does. Ask people if they still support data collection from Google. As a small business owner are you happy if Google stops collecting private data but you make 5% less revenue ? (Small businesses depend on Adsense and other technologies to seek customers).

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bartimus 8y ago
I would not be surprised if one day there's a form of free housing just so they get to provide you with their services: Groceries, meals, deliveries, clothes, television shows etc etc. Need to move to a different town? They have your point to point transportation covered. Also your closet was automatically transported in the background. Your nomad belongings waiting for you as soon as you arrive.
o10449366 8y ago
They can continue to use advertising to fund their services without being opaque about what exactly they're collecting and when. The two aren't mutually exclusive and keeping services free isn't a compelling argument for breaches of privacy. Many people were surprised to find out Google was still tracking them even when location services were turned off, but only because they buried the option within the legal and TOS menu of their phone app instead of the separate privacy and location section[0]. These dark patterns are what surprise people. [0]: https://www.wired.com/story/google-location-tracking-turn-off/ https://www.wired.com/story/google-location-tracking-turn-of...
kortilla 8y ago
Is your excuse for keeping the public in the dark really “but look at the shiny free stuff”?
fenwick67 8y ago
> Almost every job today from a Starbucks Barista to Uber driver depends on Google doing its job well and collecting all the data it does. This is a ludicrous statement. If Google shut down, all of these jobs would still exist.

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bartimus 8y ago

I would not be surprised if one day there's a form of free housing just so they get to provide you with their services: Groceries, meals, deliveries, clothes, television shows etc etc. Need to move to a different town? They have your point to point transportation covered. Also your closet was automatically transported in the background. Your nomad belongings waiting for you as soon as you arrive.

o10449366 8y ago

They can continue to use advertising to fund their services without being opaque about what exactly they're collecting and when. The two aren't mutually exclusive and keeping services free isn't a compelling argument for breaches of privacy. Many people were surprised to find out Google was still tracking them even when location services were turned off, but only because they buried the option within the legal and TOS menu of their phone app instead of the separate privacy and location section[0]. These dark patterns are what surprise people. [0]: https://www.wired.com/story/google-location-tracking-turn-off/ https://www.wired.com/story/google-location-tracking-turn-of...

kortilla 8y ago

Is your excuse for keeping the public in the dark really “but look at the shiny free stuff”?

fenwick67 8y ago

> Almost every job today from a Starbucks Barista to Uber driver depends on Google doing its job well and collecting all the data it does. This is a ludicrous statement. If Google shut down, all of these jobs would still exist.