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insane. so obviously european consumers need to detach themselves from the government as much as possible
by bigfrere 1y ago
insane. so obviously european consumers need to detach themselves from the government as much as possible
- Incipient 1y ago>knowing people’s spending and saving behaviour Uhh. I passionately don't want mega corporations to have this information about me - European or not. My bank has it, but even then I'd rather they didn't! If companies can trivially identify people bad at saving...that won't end well.
- bigfrere 1y ago[dead]
- nine_k 1y ago> If companies can trivially identify people bad at saving...that won't end well. Pray elaborate. How do you see the consequences? I can see many possibilities.
- dotnet00 1y agoI think the most obvious negative outcome would be advertisers, particularly those running scams, directly targeting those who are bad at saving.
- charcircuit 1y agoWhy is that a negative outcome (not in the case of scamming)? The advertiser makes a sale, and the customer gets something that they find value in. It's a win win situation.
- viccis 1y agoWhy is that a negative outcome? The fisher gets a fish, and the fish gets a delicious worm offered directly to it.
- esseph 1y agoSales for payday loans, or 40%+ personal loans, etc. Any sort of exploitation that can be aimed that that person.
- tossaway0 1y agoIn general, advertising seeks to manipulate. It is not at all based on trying to link people’s needs and wants to those who provide that.
- dotnet00 1y agoIt's kind of like intentionally targeted advertising of alcohol to alcoholics and recovering alcoholics. Probably not explicitly illegal to do, but an unethical move that props up social harms for no constructive reason.
- denkmoon 1y agoIntensification of the already powerful psychological warfare waged on regular people to separate them from their money and concentrate it in the hands of those with enough wealth to engage in this kind of psychological warfare.
- smileybarry 1y agoDyamically-adjusting (higher) pricing to take advantage of your spending problem, for one.
- totetsu 1y agohttps://doctorow.medium.com/https-pluralistic-net-2024-12-17-loose-flapping-ends-luigi-has-a-point-db7e46c1c9c9 https://doctorow.medium.com/https-pluralistic-net-2024-12-17... > The less money you have in your bank accounts and the more you owe on your credit cards, the lower the wage the app will offer you.
- surgical_fire 1y agoThe only insanity is allowing those corporations to operate freely in Europe. European consumers should detach from US big texh as much as possible.
- bigfrere 1y agothe government is the only company that is obligatory. any other is optional the mega corporation that spends 50% of all resources says it wants a slice on the other half
- eru 1y agoYou can vote with your feet and move to a place where the government takes less than 50% of GDP..
- bigfrere 1y ago[dead]
- grimblee 1y agoSorry but how optionnal is google, really ? Even if you are tech savy enough to use better tools, the rest of the world is still sharing their data with them and so your data too as you interact with it.
- moi2388 1y agoIt’s not. Every transaction has 2 parties. I can decline and still all my information could be known. No thanks.
- saubeidl 1y agoThe government is not a company. It is our democratically elected representation and by smearing it, you are smearing the people.
- esseph 1y agoPeople don't necessarily want the same things you may.
- hsuduebc2 1y agoBecause they try to restrict access to companies being notoriously known for their malicious use of consumer data? This seems little bit extreme.
- grimblee 1y agoNo ? I'm glad my financial data won't get in the hands of facebook and google, thank you.
- hulitu 1y ago> No ? I'm glad my financial data won't get in the hands of facebook and google, thank you. Don't you have a phone ?
- saubeidl 1y agoDo you by any chance work for US Big Tech?