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It is specifically the data collection. Other companies are competing in the wearable industry, but no other company is collecting and aggregating data like Goo
by cwhiz 6y ago
It is specifically the data collection. Other companies are competing in the wearable industry, but no other company is collecting and aggregating data like Google is.
If you give Google your wearable data they will have an even more extraordinary advantage when it comes to targeted advertising.
This maneuver to acquire Fitbit should be blocked at all costs. Google should not be allowed to obtain this data.
- jeffbee 6y agoCan you explain why it's in the public's interest for Google's ad targeting (and search results, since the two are isomorphic) to be worse?
- cwhiz 6y agoThe burden is on you to prove why this could possibly be better for any single person, ever.
- jeffbee 6y agoThat's weird. Usually the person advocating extraordinary action ("at all costs" were your words) should be able to articulate a supporting argument for their position. But OK, lazy Internet person, I'll go first. Targeted search results and advertisements are very valuable time savers in my life. I strong prefer local results, results in my language, results relevant to my age and marital status, results relevant to my past purchase and shopping habits, results related to my upcoming calendar appointments, and so forth. All of these are quite valuable to me. If Google were to target ads for me based on my resting heart rate and number of miles I run every week, that seems fine to me. God only knows what Garmin and Strava are already doing with that data.