>So protecting your citizens' rights and their privacy is "lack of imagination"? This is such a horrible argument. I don't really think it's the argument the a

>So protecting your citizens' rights and their privacy is "lack of imagination"? This is such a horrible argument. I don't really think it's the argument the author is making, or if they are, they mean it sarcastically. The frustration is with the state of affairs where American companies can destroy the entire market for software products with free services built on data mining, much like Uber, Lyft, Doordash, etc. have upended the market by completely ignoring profitability in search of marketshare. And data mining pretty much is the only way to provide a free service and still make money.