Re:I disabled WiFi on the new Samsung fridge
by klabb3 on Monday May 30, 2022 @05:46AM
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> Both to show ads in the vehicle and to harvest your location data.
The discourse 5-10 years ago was that this was the price you pay for free (as in beer) consumer services. In reality, no such principles exist, and everything is instead a numbers game. Do enough people complain? Does it factor into their purchase decisions?
Unfortunately, average people seem to not value their attention, even as everyone else is fighting tooth and nail for a share of it.
The discourse 5-10 years ago was that this was the price you pay for free (as in beer) consumer services. In reality, no such principles exist, and everything is instead a numbers game. Do enough people complain? Does it factor into their purchase decisions?
Unfortunately, average people seem to not value their attention, even as everyone else is fighting tooth and nail for a share of it.