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C.f. Jaron Lanier https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/09/23/opinion/data-privacy-jaron-lanier.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/09/23/opinion/

• ISL 7y ago
  In a sense, we do -- the abundance of free services and networks on which many of us rely. Through that lens, what is at issue may be that people feel that they are not being compensated enough for private information.
  • platz 7y ago
    Jaron points out that it is precisely free services and information intersected with the profit motive that pushes businesses models based on advertising, tracking, and manipulation to be the most viable. Also, I don't believe that getting something for free is "getting paid".
    • wutbrodo 7y ago
      You don't believe that getting something is getting paid? "Payment in kind" is a pretty ancient (and still relevant) concept, and it seems very weird to tie the concept of payment solely to currency. (obviously excluding narrow cases like income reporting, where the gov't needs you to convert any sort of payment into USD so they can calculate your taxes)
      • platz 7y ago
        there is a huge difference in agency and choice. they are not remotely the same thing.