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Would You Trade Privacy for a Free Phone?
- mtogo 16y agoAnother related issue is web browsing. A lot of people (i'd say most web users) don't understand that there are hundreds of ad networks and other companies (Google, Facebook) tracking them across most of their web browsing without their knowledge.
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- tobylane 16y agoApparently no. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blyk#Ending_UK_service http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blyk#Ending_UK_service That's marketing speak for no, no-one, not even chavs with parents on dole value their privacy that low.
- Pinckney 16y agoI feel like you're misrepresenting the results, though. Note in particular that they "reached their twelve month target of 100,000 clients six months ahead of schedule." If I had to guess, I would say that users were mostly dismissing the ads out of hand, and Blyk was unable to charge acceptable rates for ads, but I really don't know. It's also not clear how targeted this advertising was--it may be that the sacrifice was in UX only rather than privacy, in which case it's not exactly relevant.
- zaidf 16y agoI can't wait for the day we go beyond simply "privacy vs. no privacy" arguments. Privacy isn't a boolean thing. It's so much more nuanced than that.
- bnegreve 16y agoI agree but when it comes to recording ambient sound for marketing purpose I don't think there is a need for a debate.
- kpozin 16y agoThe Onion has a great piece on this subject: http://www.theonion.com/video/new-google-phone-service-whispers-targeted-ads-dir,17470/ http://www.theonion.com/video/new-google-phone-service-whisp...
- lukejduncan 16y agoWould I? Probably not. Is it conceivable that this could be the norm? Definitely.
- wladimir 16y agoNo. Thanks, but I can pay for my own stuff. I won't "sell my soul" for some trinket.