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I am not against the need for data privacy, protection, etc., but got this question when looking at this. How much people got rich from Google - by quickly acc

• themodelplumber 6y ago
  This is an interesting question. There's an economic value aspect to the issue, in that way. There's also an ethical and emotional aspect. Those who learned about these last two aspects later may feel like they could have done just as well had they explored alternatives. Instead they unknowingly went with the service that was not as transparent with them as it should have been. In this way I think it's fair to say that while individuals may consider the trade-off totally worth it or not worth it, they also have grounds to complain. Just like in society in general, one economic solution does not unmake all the ethical problems. Human culture has been working hard at transcending this dichotomy and people just expect more creativity and ethical intelligence these days. The attention given to DDG is I think a testament to this kind of market voice.
  • mohan85 6y ago
    I also agree that this is a people problem. But moving to DDG is also not a reliable solution according to me. When we imagine DDG at google scale and quality, DDG will need so much resources and money to maintain their service at that scale and there is no guarantee that their current business model will be enough to continue their operations. Between closing out the business Vs increasing revenue, I am sure majority of businesses will choose the later. At least for now we can say it is focused on privacy to take some market share out of Google.