Why Is America So Far Behind Europe on Digital Privacy?

Re:Why Is America So Far Behind Europe on Digital Privacy? by andrenth on Sunday June 09, 2019 @06:06PM (#20142240)

If what you’re saying was right, these companies wouldn’t have any customers. Clearly society values these companies above zero.

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Re:Why Is America So Far Behind Europe on Digital Privacy? by anoncake on Sunday June 09, 2019 @07:30PM (#20142581)

That's a non sequitur. Demand is orthogonal to value. Heroin isn't valuable to society yet it exists.

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Re:Why Is America So Far Behind Europe on Digital Privacy? by andrenth on Sunday June 09, 2019 @10:13PM (#20143332)

There is no demand for things that have no value.

The customers of the companies mentioned above obviously see some value in using their services, otherwise they wouldn’t do so.

You seem to be using “is valuable” to mean “is good for”. I’m using it in the economic sense.

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Re:Why Is America So Far Behind Europe on Digital Privacy? by anoncake on Monday June 10, 2019 @07:46AM (#20145759)

I'm not using it in the economic sense because that's not what the conversation is about.

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