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by blitzar 1615 days ago
If we outlaw {child slave labour/people trafficing/theft/explotation/etc} it will just push potential businesses to another country and we will lose out on the innovation.

Instead of locking your front door you should find common ground with the local thiefs so they only steal half your stuff, smash the old TV not the new one, only beat you half way dead and only kill one of your children. Anything less would just be undermining the fantastic innovation potential in your local home invasion and robbery sector.
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nickpp 1614 days ago
The fact that you need to equate something most people find quite harmless (data acquisition for targeted ads) with child slave labor, trafficking, robbery and murder only points out how weak your argument is.
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blitzar 1614 days ago
There are many people on the timeline of human history that believe that child slave labor, trafficking, robbery and murder are all harmless. These are all things that have been commonplace at various points in history.

If you are in an area with any population density you are sat within a few miles of more people that have committed or are currently committing those acts, with no regret at all, than there are CEO's of companies that do data acquisition for targeted ads.

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nickpp 1614 days ago
Do you actually believe that child slave labor, trafficking, robbery and murder are equivalent to data acquisition for targeted ads?
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JAlexoid 1614 days ago
It's called hypoerbole and kmix's position is laughable.

No one is banning ads, targeted ads or data collection.

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zwaps 1614 days ago
All of these things are illegal for good reason, they harm people.

But, the argument is simple: In all these cases businesses do something illegal and therefore either need to be stopped, or stop existing.

People who use this tech are criminals, and everyone knows it. Everyone has known it, even in the US. Look at how many people use ad blockers and anti tracking scripts. It is time to stop allowing literal criminals at tech companies to repeatedly break the law and face no consequences whatsoever.

It has been going on for years, and it needs to be fought just like any of the other horrible things.

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