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"I don't think regular people really realize the extent to which all Google products are merely vectors to build personal profiles of you to sell advertising."
by gavinlynch 14y ago
"I don't think regular people really realize the extent to which all Google products are merely vectors to build personal profiles of you to sell advertising."
That, and, the apps are very useful to many. Let's not kid ourselves and pretend it's some kind of sham.
- rayiner 14y agoIts not a sham. But its not the most above board business model either. It takes advantage of the fact that most people don't know how much privacy they're giving up nor do they have a way to properly valuate that in any case. It takes advantage of consumer ignorance, in the same way as say credit cards where ordinary people are bad at estimating how much they really pay over in interest for the benefit of getting stuff sooner. Or subsidized cell phones. Taking advantage of peoples short sightedness is a great business model from a profitability standpoint. People think your product is cheaper than it really is.