> Necessary for whom? Necessary for anyone interested in preserving democracy[1]. Unless we actively fight to preserve privacy, surveillance capitalism will co

> Necessary for whom? Necessary for anyone interested in preserving democracy[1]. Unless we actively fight to preserve privacy, surveillance capitalism will continue to "disrupt" traditional forms of power. > If follow SA loses a feature it likely needs to remain competitive, and customers would have another reason to go back to Google Analytics. Continuing the betrayal of user privacy in the hope of appeasing the surveillance capitalists won't be "[privacy] for our time". Advertisers and other eavesdroppers have consistently demonstrated they will maximally exploit any tool available to them. [1] http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/02/shoshana-zuboff-q-and-a-the-age-of-surveillance-capital.html http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/02/shoshana-zuboff-q-and...