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I find it hard to believe in this day and age that people don’t understand the basic business model of these services.
by emodendroket 5y ago
I find it hard to believe in this day and age that people don’t understand the basic business model of these services.
- travoc 5y agoMost people are not aware of the extent that their identities and activity is tracked across the web.
- emodendroket 5y agoWell, I don’t find it that much easier to believe just because you assert the opposite.
- benjaminjosephw 5y agoPeople in technology have a far greater understanding of the depth, breadth and potential consequences of selling data and attention to advertising platforms than the average user. Even then, we still don't necessarily know exactly how normative technology can be. That's like taking payment in the form of a blank cheque and calling it "free". The business model might be clear enough, but the cost and consequences are not.
- JohnFen 5y agoHave a chat with people who aren't into computers and the internet. A huge percentage of them don't understand any of this (and don't even understand why they should understand).
- emodendroket 5y agoWell, do they not understand, or are they indifferent? I suspect that many of us here confuse the latter for the former.
- JohnFen 5y agoA large percentage of the people I've talked to about this simply don't understand. Worse, many _think_ they understand.
- germinalphrase 5y agoThen (and please try to take this respectfully) you are out of touch. Many (most?) users don’t even know the services are collecting information at all.