> If people are choosing "spyware" over a "paid" product, perhaps they just don't care about data collection that much. Isn't that the logical conclusion? I th

> If people are choosing "spyware" over a "paid" product, perhaps they just don't care about data collection that much. Isn't that the logical conclusion? I think the idea that people would be able to even make this decision themselves is too optimistic. > Objectively ads have added more money into the internet economy than ever before Is that good though? Is there some actual value being created by this or is it simply that ad money has been flowing out of other places like print and TV, and into online advertising?