Re: [iucg] The reason why

Alessandro Vesely <vesely@tana.it> Sun, 11 May 2014 12:07 UTC

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On Fri 09/May/2014 14:58:39 +0200 Jfc Morfin wrote: 

> "By now, most people know who Google is and what Google does. Google
> serves billions of online users in this country and around the world
> …  With little or no revenue from its users, Google still manages to
> turn a healthy profit by selling advertisements within its products
> that rely in substantial part on users’ personal identification
> information … *in this model, the users are the real product.* "
> 
> http://www.scribd.com/doc/189329787/Google-Privacy-Policy-Ruling

Much the same critique of being slave drivers can be moved to TV and
radios.  What is baffling is that such vital functions, the planetary
databanks[1], have to hinge on advertising.  Sure there must be a
better economic model for the information age...

Ale
-- 
[1]: From "Meet Dave" (Appelez-moi Dave):

-Yes. I tapped into their central planetary databank, named "Google".

-What a frivolous name for such a vital function.

-Well, if you prefer, there's another called "Yahoo!".

-Baffling.