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> how is collecting aggregate usage patterns "immoral"? What I do alone in my own home should be known only to me. Do I read books? It doesn't matter if I do
by inetknght 5y ago
> how is collecting aggregate usage patterns "immoral"?
What I do alone in my own home should be known only to me.
Do I read books? It doesn't matter if I do nor what books.
Do I listen to music? It doesn't matter if I do nor what songs.
Do I watch tv? It doesn't matter if I do nor what videos.
Do I sleep? It doesn't matter if I do nor for how long.
Do I play games? It doesn't matter if I do nor which games.
Do I use a computer? It doesn't matter if I do nor what software.
What I do in my own home is private. Anyone looking at that without my explicit consent is violating my privacy. Usage patterns of what I do in my own home are immoral whether in aggregate or not.
- andybak 5y agoNobody is talking about what books you read. We're talking about "What percentage of users clicked this button or used this audio filter?".
- inetknght 5y agoNo, you missed the point. Do I click buttons in my own home? It doesn't matter if I do or which ones. Recording what buttons I press is a violation of my privacy.
- andybak 5y agoYou're entitled to think that and I'm entitled to think that at this point your opinion is unreasonable and slightly silly.
- jefftk 5y agoIs it immoral for utility companies to compute aggregate statistics about how much power/water/gas their customers are using?
- HelloNurse 5y agoUtility companies can collect truly aggregate statistics over an ensemble of users from realtime measurement of electric loads and water and gas flow through their pipes or over time from each user's meter (provided it actually records only total consumption, not events). Software doesn't have this luxury.
- pessimizer 5y agoThose are streaming services, not applications, and they can't be made into applications.