Re:Antitrust Troubles Snowball for Tech Giants as Lawmakers ...
by SomeOldThrow on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @01:46AM
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> You are not forced to use google products.
That's like saying "you're not forced to use a car to travel", it's just not practical to use the internet without it for many reasons.
> It’s going to be really hard to make an anti-consumer argument here when you’re essentially saying you want google’s product but don’t want to pay the advertising price.
I'm looking for a transaction rather than pimping your data in a completely opaque manner, which is inherently an anti-social interaction, for the end of selling you products you don't want and don't need, another anti-social interaction. It doesn't need to be this way.
That's like saying "you're not forced to use a car to travel", it's just not practical to use the internet without it for many reasons.
> It’s going to be really hard to make an anti-consumer argument here when you’re essentially saying you want google’s product but don’t want to pay the advertising price.
I'm looking for a transaction rather than pimping your data in a completely opaque manner, which is inherently an anti-social interaction, for the end of selling you products you don't want and don't need, another anti-social interaction. It doesn't need to be this way.