The products is ad space, not the users
This pic comes to mind: http://www.lolwithme.org/wp-content/uploads/SocialMediaAndYo...
Funny pic, but it is the same wrong claim
If the product was the ad space, Google would be out of business.
The product is the personal data Google packages up and sells to advertisers.
Re:Why I won’t work for Google
by hahainternet on Saturday May 03, 2014 @05:58AM
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> The product is the personal data Google packages up and sells to advertisers.
What shit, show me how I can buy some. Show me some that someone has bought.
Re:Why I won’t work for Google
by fennecfoxen on Saturday May 03, 2014 @07:56AM
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It's a rental.
Can you show me how can I rent that data?
Re:Why I won’t work for Google
by fennecfoxen on Saturday May 03, 2014 @07:19PM
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No, in that link I can't rent any data, there I can buy ad space.
The data is part of the rental - you can only use it tot target your ads.
Please, point where in the Ads documentation where it explain that USER data can be seen by advertisers.
It can't. It is processed on the advertisers behalf by Google.
If Google allowed it to actually be downloads, their competitors would be able to use it, so the processing is done within Google.
That doesn't make it any less of a product for advertisers.
So no, data is not rented, thanks for acknowledging that.
I didn't acknowledge that. Renting the data doesn't mean third parties see it - since there would be no way for it to be 'returned'. Instead a program is executed on their behalf.
Plenty of tech companies don't sell souls for a living, therefore by working there you may not be required to also sacrifice yours for a paycheck.
Flip side; there are those who believe ads aren't evil. Google builds a lot of interesting tech. It's probably a great place for engineers. But one look at their financial reporting and it's still evident that advertising pays the bills.