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Re:Divesting AdSense might help Google stave off worse regul... by IMTDb on Friday February 07, 2020 @07:59AM (#22265510)
> Sure, if the only viable business model for Android is to underhandedly sell people as eyeballs for advertising, perhaps Android should not exist

What if I am fully aware that they sell my eyeballs for revenue and I am OK with that because I find the amount of ads to be acceptable compared to the value I get from the product ?

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Re:Divesting AdSense might help Google stave off worse regul... by tsimionescu on Friday February 07, 2020 @06:30PM (#22272317)
Not all contracts are legal. For example, you are not allowed to sell your kidney, even if you are fully aware of the implications.

Obviously, selling your data is not as harmful to you as selling a kidney. But it is still harmful, and it is also extremely harmful to society when many people do so.

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Re:Divesting AdSense might help Google stave off worse regul... by monadic2 on Friday February 07, 2020 @08:19AM (#22265650)
Money has worked just fine for millennia. Why do we need google as a middleman all of a sudden?
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