> Because long term, users will realize that letting their data be sold is bad for them and will stop considering it acceptable. Indeed, that is already happening.
It's happening at the fringes, in communities that are already more privacy-conscious. I haven't seen any signs of a groundswell of support for this position.
> Then I assume you are long Google?
No, I was speaking figuratively; I don't have any desire to profit off surveillance capitalism. I simply see regulation as a far more likely solution than users demanding an ethical business model with their wallets.
> I simply see regulation as a far more likely solution than users demanding an ethical business model with their wallets.
In the short term, I agree we're far more likely to get regulation than a significant change in user demand. I do not, however, think any regulation we get will be a "solution".
It's happening at the fringes, in communities that are already more privacy-conscious. I haven't seen any signs of a groundswell of support for this position.
> Then I assume you are long Google?
No, I was speaking figuratively; I don't have any desire to profit off surveillance capitalism. I simply see regulation as a far more likely solution than users demanding an ethical business model with their wallets.