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Seems to be quite evil though.
by temac 3y ago
Seems to be quite evil though.
- onlyrealcuzzo 3y agoEvery business is essentially in the business of making people addicted to their products in some way. You're an oil company - you want people to drive as much as possible. You're an airline company - you want people to fly all over the world as much as possible. You're a fashion company - you want people to buy new clothes constantly. You're a beverage company - you want people drinking your drink all the time instead of water. You're an Internet advertising company - you want people's eyeballs on your products as much as possible (to blast them with ads). It's just business.
- wetmore 3y agoThat doesn't mean it's not evil though?
- packetslave 3y agoIt's evil if you phrase it (as OP did) as "getting people addicted to YouTube". Less so if you phrase it "show people recommendations that they're likely to actually click on, based on what they've watched previously", which is what Sybil really was.