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Instead of arguing what current business models that would break, I think we should take a step back and ask: What legal and moral basis warrants "surveillance
by uniqueuid 5y ago
Instead of arguing what current business models that would break, I think we should take a step back and ask:
What legal and moral basis warrants "surveillance-based advertising"?
The premise of GDPR in the EU has been that "surveillance-based advertising" needs to be balanced with user rights.
If we come to the conclusion that this balance cannot be achieved (e.g. because users are not savvy enough to safeguard their rights, because data sticks around forever, because data can be sold etc.), then it's a straightforward step to prohibit tracking entirely.
- Ensorceled 5y agoAlso, what old business models might return (like newspaper and other content based advertising) and what new business models might emerge.
- kerkeslager 5y agoThere's a fundamental disconnect which causes people to ask what business models fixing a social ill would break. We should not be tolerating social ills to prop up the businesses that cause them. If we really believe that the free market will result in positive outcomes, then creating rules against negative outcomes like surveillance shouldn't cause any problems, since they shouldn't be a problem for a free market that will arrive there anyway. Wasn't it Reagan who said, "Trust, but verify?"