[mda]

How are they same? Single source you trust versus multiple unknown parties having your data.

[JohnFen]

> Single source you trust

Assuming that the single source is trustworthy, sure. But we're talking about the likes of Facebook and Google here.

The two use cases for data aren't identical, and actually shipping the raw data out is worse. But, in my opinion, the two things are similar and the shipping out of data is not that much worse.

[underwater]

Take trust out of the equation. It's one entity that is optimised to extract money from you and your data, vs many companies doing the same.