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I can only imagine it's because what seems obvious to us is really not noticeable to 99% of people. You have to remember we are in a little bubble of our own f
by tomxor 6y ago
I can only imagine it's because what seems obvious to us is really not noticeable to 99% of people.
You have to remember we are in a little bubble of our own for better or worse, most of HN readers principles are generally aligned against this kind of centralisation and we highlight and amplify anything we see that matches; I'm guessing your average FB user is more focused on the value proposition of these services they are consuming and wont give the corporations behind them much of a thought until it hits big news.
- puranjay 6y agoMuch of it depends on the way people interact with businesses. Big Banks are bad because people can literally see overdraft fees and all sorts of surcharges being tacked onto their accounts, often in shady ways. Big Oil is bad because they literally pollute the environment and routinely spill millions of gallons of oil in the ocean. In contrast, for the average person, Google is just the free little search engine that shows you all the answers and also gives you the free phone software. Whatever egregious privacy violations they do are wrapped up in a layer of abstraction that, if you don't get technology, can be hard to grasp. The next generation is smarter though. They understand technology fundamentally and know that there's no such thing as "free".