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theres a reason companies give you phone, car, card, etc. you give some and gain some its just how it works. its odd very smart people cant really grasp this co
by pennybanks1 2y ago
theres a reason companies give you phone, car, card, etc. you give some and gain some its just how it works. its odd very smart people cant really grasp this concept. would the average person rather pay monthly for youtube, maps, office, windows, pay per google search. or would they rather accept some advertising, telemetry etc and not pay or not pay as much
- happypumpkin 2y agoI think if the average person was made aware of the hidden costs in free services, and alternatives to them, that far less people would pick the free services. Imagine browsers were forced to present multiple default search engine options with a list of what data they collect and their price point. It might look something like this: Google ------ Data collected: All of it. Uses it for: Whatever they want. Advertising, sells to your insurance company, sells to the government, trains AI models. Price: Free Kagi ---- Data collected: Your signup email Uses it for: Giving it to the government if legally mandated Price: $10/mo I think a large double digit percentage of average people (in countries where $10/mo is cheap at least) would not choose Google. Maybe I'm being too optimistic though.
- rnd0 2y agokagi? youtube premium?