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> Abstractly it seems wrong to limit people from certain bit arrangements without paying. The source is limitless. I invite you to apply this logic to your per

• sodality2 6y ago
  The difference being that the personal data should not be collected in the first place. And I don't get paid for having my data taken and sold, except in "free services"
  • antasvara 6y ago
    Agree with the first part somewhat if there's a legal issue with collecting personal data. But for the second part, we're operating under the assumption that "it seems wrong to limit people from certain bit arrangements without paying." This necessarily implies that your personal data doesn't actually have any worth. As such, the collection of it doesn't need to be paid for. I think there has to be some distinctions for what qualifies as data with monetary worth. I don't know where exactly that line should be drawn, but I think (as you've made clear with the personal data example) that at some point data goes from an arbitrary arrangement of bits to something of value.