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I’m stunned someone with the intelligence to type and use a computer could hold this view.

You must be heavily influenced by things you’ve read/heard others say.

As a human being - just imagine what you might do... Perhaps you’ll begin to realise how palpably absurd your suggestion that someone must be a coward for not taking their beating is.

Why on earth wouldn't you be horrified by a company creating a shadow profile of you?! Bizarre question.

What possible good could ever come of it???

Because it's a boring, safe, traditional business model.

Instead they've bet on harvesting and exploiting information about the behaviour of the many, to ultimately allow them to exert some 'control/influence' over individuals.

And they're winning the business lottery with it.

More shame us for only considering ourselves when deciding whether or not to use a service like google. I can choose not to use google/facebook, but if everyone else uses them, they'll still have incredible power over me through the insights they gleaned about everyone else