Re:Four companies dominate our daily lives unlike any other ...
by jancsika on Sunday February 11, 2018 @10:53AM
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> I am not dominated by my screwdriver just because I use it daily.
That's because a third party cannot pay money to bump you and your demographic on the heads with the screwdriver.
Hm... it's a bit worse than that because the third party is showing you ads on the screwdriver, and your demographic has no idea how a screwdriver actually works in the first place. (In fact even the people at Free Screwdriver Foundation can only speculate how an ad-based screwdriver network with billions of users works in practice.)
Given such a tool, what is the likelihood that your demographic is screwing something you chose vs. screwing something the third party chose? Keep in mind the third party isn't acting arbitrarily but instead based on a rich set of data about your pre-existing predilections, frustrations, party affiliation, geographical location, plus your favorite materials to screw together.
That's because a third party cannot pay money to bump you and your demographic on the heads with the screwdriver.
Hm... it's a bit worse than that because the third party is showing you ads on the screwdriver, and your demographic has no idea how a screwdriver actually works in the first place. (In fact even the people at Free Screwdriver Foundation can only speculate how an ad-based screwdriver network with billions of users works in practice.)
Given such a tool, what is the likelihood that your demographic is screwing something you chose vs. screwing something the third party chose? Keep in mind the third party isn't acting arbitrarily but instead based on a rich set of data about your pre-existing predilections, frustrations, party affiliation, geographical location, plus your favorite materials to screw together.