Re:Regulation could protect Facebook, not punish it
by piaste on Monday March 26, 2018 @03:09AM
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Do we want startups to have a "data-backed business model"?
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Re:Regulation could protect Facebook, not punish it
by idrios on Monday March 26, 2018 @06:25AM
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Yeah we do. While I don't like Google tracking where I am from my cell phone when location-sharing is off, I love listening to music on Pandora and Spotify and I would never discover the new songs I do if there was no option to like or ban songs and evolve the station.
Re:Regulation could protect Facebook, not punish it
by annabellish on Monday March 26, 2018 @08:34AM
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I don't see how either of those are "data-backed business models". Pandora/Spotify have a very clear draw for people which exists regardless of how much data they store on people. They absolutely can and do use data to _enhance_ their core offering, but if they stopped overnight it would not cripple their business immediately.