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> The idea that we use our email accounts, attached to huge corporations which siphon every detail about us for their advertising engines is absolutely absurd.
by afavour 5y ago
> The idea that we use our email accounts, attached to huge corporations which siphon every detail about us for their advertising engines is absolutely absurd.
Is it, though? It’s just a trade off people make to get a free service. If I want my email to be free of advertising scanning by large corporate entities I can just pay for Protonmail or something.
This is what I feel like I see with web3 time and time again: it’s a complicated technological solution looking for a problem when (for the vast majority of people) that problem is already solvable without the complexity.
- ramijames 5y agoHonestly, I think the tech and infrastructure is simpler than what is currently deployed at google.
- aardvarkr 5y agoI strongly agree. Email is already a federated system that lets you own your own data. It turns out everyone would rather have convenience and that’s completely understandable.