I find it really frustrating that supporters of Open Protocols appear to live in cognitive dissonance of both wanting to be “used by everyone” and “to be a small gated community”.
You can’t keep money out forever and with that does come influence which I know. But eventually wouldn’t you like to talk to your mother on a protocol you trust, with a client she understands?
I know there’s people who could articulate it better than I can, but my logic goes like this:
Edits: Minor clarification and grammar.
First of all, the European Data Protection Board have shown they are more than willing to throw their weight around issue large fines and request audits. Second of all, have you actually looked at the types of data data brokers buy and sell? Massive records of IPs, and metrics.
Like above what “amazing treasure trove of personal data” are you giving up by clicking “I Accept”. Search queries of the Plex Free Movie\TV library, watch times of the same free library and whether you click on pre, mid or post roll ads. And who is going to buy and sell this? Ad providers who swear they are providing targeted advertising, but really have quotas and metrics to fill. They will end up showing irrelevant ads anyway, not because of some algorithm, but literally because the advertising industry does not give two shits about click through rates just that ads get shown.
There’s so much bitching in this thread like someone from AdSense or Outbrain has personally murdered a family member, but the truth is, these places are a grift. Annoying, yes, but mostly harmless. Oh and don’t try to pull “oh but governments can use this for surveillance” yes they could but as someone who has held a job a federal level tax office, they do not have the budget for profiling people like this and a corrupt government has cheaper and better options.
I will try my best to respect your opinion and what you think a “right to privacy” means but I have great trouble understanding the paranoia
They legally can’t for European users
Like all companies complying with European data collection laws, they can’t collect your data and have to delete anything they have collected.
Mum wanted to make it everyone else’s problem that she can’t have a frank discussion about sex with her own son so probably been making poor judgements all the way through
advanced tech minimum wage workers in India watching Americans shop
Not sure how long they’ll work, but here’s the direct link to the audio from the article.
https://public.flourish.studio/uploads/2281856/4a7cec60-ca22-4eb3-9590-80874d2f9b84.wav
https://public.flourish.studio/uploads/2281856/f54efe40-97a4-428f-8019-04edd7451c82.wav