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The point is that they aren't doing it for free. Users are not paying with money, but are paying nonetheless, with privacy and freedoms mainly.
by panta 5y ago
The point is that they aren't doing it for free. Users are not paying with money, but are paying nonetheless, with privacy and freedoms mainly.
- mdorazio 5y agoAnd the problem with that is most users have definitively and repeatedly voted with their wallets that they would rather give up privacy and freedoms than pay money. The vast majority of consumers simply don't care, and the HN audience are outliers.
- piaste 5y agoPeople also were happy to buy unsafe food at low prices, or cars without seat belts and airbag. Consumers make myopic choices all the time, and it's legitimate to establish regulations enforcing a more long-term outlook.
- snarf21 5y agoRight but freedom is never free. It is free if users think it is free. Companies use lots of chemicals that are unhealthy in/on/around all our food (even "organic") but growing all your own food is untenable, unless we revert to agrarian societies.