Comment by themaninthedark
1 year ago
All the companies were have bee hoovering up our data, where did you think this was going to end?
Add in the fact that if you are not getting "growth" on the stock market, then you must be doing something wrong.
1 year ago
All the companies were have bee hoovering up our data, where did you think this was going to end?
Add in the fact that if you are not getting "growth" on the stock market, then you must be doing something wrong.
The Stasi didn't add anything to the GDP of the GDR, either. That wasn't the point then, and it isn't now.
My point is that companies start to collect data; either for debug purposes or to try and better understand the customer.
Then there is a lot of pressure to monetize the data. So from a consumer POV, it is better to not have anything collected.
Yes.
My quip was to make a rather negative comparison, while noting that the whole collect-and-monetize industry is a net negative for both the economy and human society.