[balupton]

Got this reply via the YouTube comments:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tf9ZhU7zF8s&google_comment_i...

Hey Ben,

Thanks for this incredibly thoughtful comment.

I made this video because I believe in what Time Well Spent is about and wanted to tell a story that got both consumers and designers excited about the movement. Excited about designing technology that enhances our humanity. I'm hoping we start to move towards a world where consumers are willing to pay for tech that helps us live fuller lives. This movement is not about blame, but awareness and conversation. Snowden has brought privacy into the tech conversation, shouldn't the paths designers/developers are leading consumers down and whether that's in our best interests be a part of that conversation too?

Re Google, you're right that Youtube and data-profiling/ad models should perhaps be separated. It's Android and IOS that could be incentivized to adapt to Time Well Spent if we could stir up enough demand for it. Show me the seedless apples! I'll pay... but I fear Facebook Google and Apple have such extensive network effect and access to hardware (the latter two) that we need to plea for the change to happen there.