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It says we value free products over morals, which is pretty accurate of the current market forces.
by spicybright 5y ago
It says we value free products over morals, which is pretty accurate of the current market forces.
- thr0wawayf00 5y agoIt's always been a myth that markets are inherently moral. There's just no evidence of this, despite all of the debate that the free market is the end-all-be-all institution from which our lives should be dictated. Markets optimize for one thing and one thing only: profit.
- sp527 5y agoNot even once in my life have I heard the argument that markets are inherently moral.
- voisin 5y agoTo be fair, the choice was never given to us. There’s no such thing as a social network that people pay for that has no advertising or surveillance. This business model was chosen for us because it would lead to the fastest growth _for the company_.
- jjulius 5y ago>There’s no such thing as a social network that people pay for that has no advertising or surveillance. Forums are commonly considered to be a form of social media/a social network, and there are still many that don't track users, don't have ads, and rely on a modest annual fee (WATMM's membership price is only $3/yr, for example) from users.
- cylinder714 5y agoMetafilter?