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marco.org (which shows ads - don't worry, I removed it for you) writes: You’re just eyeballs. Body parts and ad-targeting data. Google doesn’t care about you a
by statictype 13y ago
marco.org (which shows ads - don't worry, I removed it for you) writes:
You’re just eyeballs. Body parts and ad-targeting data. Google doesn’t care about you at all. You’ve tolerated enough already that it’s pretty clear you’re not really going anywhere.
Couldn't you say the same about any company? Say, developers and Apple?
You're just dollar signs and app figures. Apple doesn't care about you at all. You've tolerated enough already that it's pretty clear you're not really going anywhere.
- tptacek 13y agoNo, you can't necessarily say that about other companies. Apple, for instance, doesn't have an ad-sponsored business model. Its offerings have to be attractive to end-users, or its products won't command their premium.
- statictype 13y agoGoogle's offerings have to be attractive to end-users. Otherwise end-users will not use them and Google won't be able to sell targeted advertising any more. Next.
- tptacek 13y agoGoogle is freer to make concessions that are unfavorable to users because those concessions are subsidized by third parties that do not meaningfully exist to subsidize concessions for Apple.
- smegel 13y agoGoogle promised to not be evil.
- officemonkey 13y agoPlease, if Corporations truly are people, then they're psychopaths. Corporations will do whatever it takes to make a buck. Expecting them to have a moral center is like expecting a shark to do calculus.
- redthrowaway 13y agoMany moons ago, when the money flowed freely and they faced no existential threats. Google's a corporation like any other, and better than most. That doesn't mean their founding principle is benevolence.