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For one, Google could identify you since on Chrome you might have your name, address, and phone number saved for auto-fill, and sell your information to compani

by boocoo 6y ago

For one, Google could identify you since on Chrome you might have your name, address, and phone number saved for auto-fill, and sell your information to companies. They could sell your information to a certain company if their AI identifies you, for example, as a left-wing elderly male. I think the recent documentary that got deleted off Youtube explains it. Google also censors results a lot compared to Yahoo and DuckDuckGo so you'll mostly get popular sites. An example is how when I searched "youtube deleted documentary" Yahoo and DuckDuckGo got the right results but Google didn't. For Youtube, it dominates video uploading so it can delete and censoring things easily and all you can do is complain.

nickelpro 6y ago
None of those things affect my life. They may be moral or principle concerns for you, but they're not for me.
- simplehuman 6y ago
  Why should i care for your opinion? It does not affect my life. See, its easy to type nonsense like this.
  - angrais 6y ago
    But what you typed is not nonsense. Much like this, e.g. I don't care what you think :) If we all cared about what every other hackernews user wrote ... We'd probably go a wee bit mad. Certainly my thumbs would be side from responding to y'all
- Razengan 6y ago
  This post is not just for you.
  - nickelpro 6y ago
    No, but this reply was for me
    - Razengan 6y ago
      Your first comment was “Why should I care?” and you keep repeating that. Obviously this for people who do care, and many do.
- _def 6y ago
  You could also argue that global warming probably won't affect you in your lifetime. It's a very egocentric way of looking at things.
  - nickelpro 6y ago
    Global warming affects every person on Earth, I don't think Google's data collection negatively affects a single digit percent of their customers, much less the majority. I don't get the comparison.
  - wyxuan 6y ago
    Global warming is pretty much fact verified by science. The 1984 scenario claimed by some people on the other hand is a hypothetical, with some more confident than others that it’s going to happen.
- mda 6y ago
  Also the claims are mostly BS.

by boocoo 6y ago

nickelpro 6y ago

None of those things affect my life. They may be moral or principle concerns for you, but they're not for me.

simplehuman 6y ago
Why should i care for your opinion? It does not affect my life. See, its easy to type nonsense like this.
- angrais 6y ago
  But what you typed is not nonsense. Much like this, e.g. I don't care what you think :) If we all cared about what every other hackernews user wrote ... We'd probably go a wee bit mad. Certainly my thumbs would be side from responding to y'all
Razengan 6y ago
This post is not just for you.
- nickelpro 6y ago
  No, but this reply was for me
  - Razengan 6y ago
    Your first comment was “Why should I care?” and you keep repeating that. Obviously this for people who do care, and many do.
_def 6y ago
You could also argue that global warming probably won't affect you in your lifetime. It's a very egocentric way of looking at things.
- nickelpro 6y ago
  Global warming affects every person on Earth, I don't think Google's data collection negatively affects a single digit percent of their customers, much less the majority. I don't get the comparison.
- wyxuan 6y ago
  Global warming is pretty much fact verified by science. The 1984 scenario claimed by some people on the other hand is a hypothetical, with some more confident than others that it’s going to happen.
mda 6y ago
Also the claims are mostly BS.