Re:An argument that companies should pay users for their data
by pentae on Thursday March 08, 2018 @10:57AM
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I'll never understand why I can't pay Google and Facebook $20 to $50 per year to simply respect my privacy and not give me advertisements. I can't imagine they make more than this off my viewing behaviour (especially as I use adblock)
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Re:An argument that companies should pay users for their data
by ooyy on Thursday March 08, 2018 @11:11AM
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Those people who are willing to pay $50 per year for such thing are worth more than 50$ per year as targets for advertising.
Re:An argument that companies should pay users for their data
by uuuyno on Thursday March 08, 2018 @06:01PM
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Because it's a boring, safe, traditional business model.
Instead they've bet on harvesting and exploiting information about the behaviour of the many, to ultimately allow them to exert some 'control/influence' over individuals.
And they're winning the business lottery with it.
More shame us for only considering ourselves when deciding whether or not to use a service like google. I can choose not to use google/facebook, but if everyone else uses them, they'll still have incredible power over me through the insights they gleaned about everyone else
Re:An argument that companies should pay users for their data
by dageshi on Thursday March 08, 2018 @10:58AM
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It would probably raise them so little money at their scale it's not worth the trouble, that's why they don't do it.
Re:An argument that companies should pay users for their data
by r00fus on Thursday March 08, 2018 @03:25PM
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Sort of like Youtube Red except for their search interface and other properties, too?
Count me in. I subscribe to YT Red as well.
Re:An argument that companies should pay users for their data
by whamlastxmas on Thursday March 08, 2018 @11:01AM
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Use fastmail instead of gmail and some alternative search engine that respects your privacy.