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I am against this and think it's pretty unconscionable, but I will say this in defense of Google collecting my data: Google's entire business model is predicat
by borbulon 3y ago
I am against this and think it's pretty unconscionable, but I will say this in defense of Google collecting my data:
Google's entire business model is predicated on the fact that they and only they know who I am. As soon as they sell "me," they lose the value of my (so-far) collected data. They have to sell me in bundles, anonymized, otherwise they make no money in the long run.
That being said, it's been proven over and over and over that behavioral ad sales don't actually result in more clicks or sales for the advertiser.
I've been using FF with some privacy extensions and settings as my personal browser for a few years now, I'm definitely not going to change that now.
- mavhc 3y agoIsn't their business model mostly: Having the most popular search engine?
- mrcarruthers 3y agoThat doesn't make money. Have the most popular search engine so they can sell more ads is more like it.
- 93po 3y agoAlso so they can basically shape web standards and ecosystems however they want. Websites will do literally anything to stay listed and relevant in google search. Google does this by shaping a web that serves ads and thereby makes them more money
- mavhc 3y agoRight, being able to sell the most ads because you have the most page views about something people are specifically interested in
- tantalor 3y agoSearch is the moat. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_moat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_moat