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Re:Helium has revenues of $6.5k/month after $365M investment... by spaceman_2020 on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @07:01AM (#32236677)
the users never care

The builders do

If you’re in the tech field and aren’t worried about privacy, the. I don’t even know what to tell you.

Re:Helium has revenues of $6.5k/month after $365M investment... by AlexandrB on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @09:56AM (#32238320)
Most blockchain tech is a disaster for privacy because it puts all your transactions on a public ledger for all to see. At least with web2 you can delete stuff you've posted.
Re:Helium has revenues of $6.5k/month after $365M investment... by MrMan on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @08:02AM (#32237114)
privacy is a basically impossible thing to achieve, like trying to be invisible in all spectrums.
Re:Helium has revenues of $6.5k/month after $365M investment... by spaceman_2020 on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @08:27AM (#32237361)
Doesn’t mean that you stop trying and hand it all over to Zuckerberg on a platter.
Re:Helium has revenues of $6.5k/month after $365M investment... by arcticbull on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @10:54AM (#32239175)
It also doesn't mean the solution to every problem is to start an MLM scheme around unregistered securities. Kind of a false dichotomy here. Sounds like the answer is to start services that cost human dollars that don't sell data - and definitely don't publish data on a public immutable pseudonymous ledger for all to see.

The problem is that as you said, when the rubber meets the road, the customers don't value privacy - and at the end of the day they're the ones paying.

All the major platforms were built without ownership and without privacy, and this didn't hurt them in the slightest from being some of the most valuable companies in human history. I'm not saying I like it either, btw.