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I disagree. I think HN is rabid about privacy and "owning your data", but by and large, most people just don't care.
by mvzvm 6y ago
I disagree. I think HN is rabid about privacy and "owning your data", but by and large, most people just don't care.
- codemac 6y agoMost that I talk to do - but it's similar to how they care about the national debt. There's nothing they can do, they have no realistic expertise or control, and they vote with what - dollars once every phone purchase?
- mvzvm 6y agoI think this is a good analogy, because the national debt is not a good measure of anything. People bring it up at all the wrong times, and takes grandstanding postures around it. Just like this, eh?
- astrange 6y agoAt least there might be a reason to care about privacy, but there actually isn't a reason to care about the national debt. There's no evidence the model of it being debt means anything - it certainly isn't household debt when it's in a currency you can just print more of. And even under the model where printing money causes inflation, we're in a negative interest rate regime meaning printing money would cause /deflation/.
- deathanatos 6y ago> and they vote with what - dollars More and more, I am seeing many companies that realize they can do both: take the user's money and feed them ads. After all, that's more profitable than just taking their money. As examples, T-mo, Verizon, my local gas station, various airlines all both take my money and give me ads. Some are even known to sell my data. So, can I actually vote with my wallet?
- hinkley 6y agoThere’s a whole thing with growing or making your own food as much as you can. We keep outsourcing food production. In affluent areas that’s a boon, in others it’s an active problem. Probably we will see the same play out here.
- ibeckermayer 6y agoConsider who taught them not to care.