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> usually because proprietary code is not a[s] profitable as proprietary data Bingo. This is why Google et al. would never sell your data; they just keep it fo
by MontyCarloHall 5y ago
> usually because proprietary code is not a[s] profitable as proprietary data
Bingo. This is why Google et al. would never sell your data; they just keep it for themselves and merely sell to advertisers the ability to precisely target you (“pick a demographic down to the shampoo brand and we can target your ads to it”). But those advertisers (or anyone else) will never see a single iota of your data. It’s simply too valuable.
- datameta 5y agoIn a weird kafkaesque way this makes me feel better about my data.
- amelius 5y agoNow when you click an ad, the advertiser knows which shampoo brand you use. Next, when you click an ad, the advertiser knows which medical problems you have (because that's where they targeted their ad at). Google has a data leak, and nobody seems to care about it.
- datameta 5y agoLuckily I haven't clicked an ad in a decade!
- mbrodersen 5y agoEasy. Don’t click ads.
- kyleee 5y agoAnd beyond that, block them ruthlessly without a second thought