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David Mulder
David Mulder
03:01
@Charles Calling the internet a huge success when we are in a situation where the combined information from all publicly available data leaks can often already spell out a person's whole life is... questionable.
Add to that the part where around ten companies were basically able to track everybody's behavior across the web everywhere and the general centralization in most companies (look especially to how such centralization of data has been used in countries like China) and and I absolutely question why you call it a huge success.
And to get back to the point, people are pretty stupid, just check all the research coming out of behavioral economics. People are especially weak against constructions of the type 'I give you X now, and you give me Y in the future'. The typical way this is abused is through 'pay later' loans and the creditcard culture in the US (according to a Dutch news article from a couple of months ago 19% of the US is in debt with a negative net worth if I remember correctly)
So the idea 'we give you product now, you pay with your privacy down the line' is just another version of the same scheme. And that's not even talking about the social pressures to be on certain platforms.
 
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Charles
Charles
19:59
@DavidMulder I'm speaking of the Internet being a success in that it is readily accessible worldwide with relatively high speed rates, used and desired by the bulk of the general population (vs. only tech geeks), used for business, school, available on our phones, affordable, etc. etc. etc. If the Internet had been mired in legal red tape early on, it would have died a quick death and we would not have it today. It is essential to preserve internet freedom, collaboration, and usability or it will all come crashing down very quickly.

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