When will humanity say enough with tech companies, non-tech corporations and social media sites’ selling and buying of customers’ personal data?
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February 9th, 2023
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In my view it had come to a horrendous point. I bought lite beer last night and today for the first time ever, Facebook showed me a lite beer ad. Should consumers just let this business practice go on and on?
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No, we should not tolerate it.
I thought society in general was already doing that…
But business is about making money.
Ignore it.
I think we’ve already said “enough!”, but it does no good. There’s either no recourse at all, or it’s too much of a hassle to make it stop. I’ve noticed that many times you’re required by the company that’s doing it to physically write to them to make a request that they stop. We have to jump through so many hoops and it takes so long that it’s exhausting and we eventually give up. Multiply that one company by 10 – 50 companies that are doing it to you and you’ve almost got a full-time job trying to make it stop. That’s what the bastards count on.
They won’t. Humanity wants the prize but doesn’t want to pay to play. Until people decide that big tech companies spying on them and selling their info is bad enough to stop using the services, it won’t change.
Most people I know are freaked out by the very type of thing you describe. Almost all of us have experienced it.
Everything is getting more interwoven and integrated, and that is the direction of the futurists, not only for advertising, but also as they look at what some believe to be an inevitable time of the singularity
The public needs to keep pushing for regulations and laws to prevent the selling of your information and protect privacy. My assumption is either your phone allows your mic to be on or your location so advertisers know, or your credit card transaction alerted advertisers to your purchase. It is disturbing.
Maybe the ultimate stage is when the computers run everything and we survive by selling them our information.
Realize, you are getting a FREE app. If they can’t make money on your data/advertising to you, they’re going to charge a fee. Maybe that wouldn’t bother you, but do realize, you’re getting a free-to-you service.
@Entropy Which app in this case? Facebook?
I just read that tech is no longer where the graduating college grads are heading for jobs. They now seem to be flocking to other worlds. That means something…..but what exactly? The article didn’t indicate that the tech labor market was completely saturated.
@Entropy What are you talking about, apps? The discussion is about privacy, whether it’s companies mailing us crap, J.C.Penny (or whomever) selling our info, or our insurance company selling our phone number. @mazingerz88 was just giving an example.
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