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More to the point building up lists of people's phone numbers and physical/electronic addresses has been how direct marketing has been done for literally centur
by lotu 8y ago
More to the point building up lists of people's phone numbers and physical/electronic addresses has been how direct marketing has been done for literally centuries. From wikipedia:
> In 1667, the English gardener, William Lucas, published a seed catalogue, which he mailed to his customers to inform them of his prices.
I just have trouble seeing how adding computers to this practice is the line that is too far for people.
- revvx 8y agoFor me: there's a world of difference between giving someone your private data and having third-party services (Scorecard, Quantcast, Criteo, Tapad, others) give it to them. Just because I happen windowshop some store doesn't mean I gave them permission to ask for my info around. They're free to ask me. But that's just me.