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Re:Andrew Yang's Data Dividend Project is pushing Big Tech t... by shrimpx on Monday June 22, 2020 @02:44PM (#23604013)
The gap in your reasoning is the assumption that giving them your data is an exact and fair payment in exchange for using their service. We actually have no idea how much data is worth, because these companies have created a culture that simply takes data from you. There is no market. Isn’t that convenient for facebook and google?
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Re:Andrew Yang's Data Dividend Project is pushing Big Tech t... by renewiltord on Monday June 22, 2020 @02:52PM (#23604181)
For those who are comfortable sharing their data, it is a fair payment by definition. Otherwise they wouldn't do it. Especially because Google has alternatives that you're not forced into.
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Re:Andrew Yang's Data Dividend Project is pushing Big Tech t... by shrimpx on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @12:58PM (#23630609)
The issue is that people generally don’t think “I’m using this in exchange for google recording and selling my data”. They mostly think it’s free. My dad mostly thinks it’s free, mostly because he believes in the law and doesn’t think google would be allowed to do nefarious things.
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