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by speeq
4746 days ago
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It's okay if I agree to it. I'd rather see ads than pay for all the services Google provides to me free of charge (money). I don't and I'd never agree that a government tracks me. For me, that's a big difference. If a company uses their profit (e.g. from ads) to provide and finance something as extremely useful and important as free internet access to developing countries - then yes, that's totally fine for me. Yes this is a forum, people have their own personal opinion. |
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That's the typical fallacy. If Chinese factory worker agrees to be exploited in conditions close to slavery doesn't mean that that kind of exploitation is "okay".
Tempting people for whom the price of these services is too high to surrender their basic right to privacy is ethically questionable at best, and in my personal opinion should be made illegal.
What if Google asked people to give up their right to vote, would you think that was okay? Were do you draw the line?
The protection of civil liberties includes the protection of those who don't care about them, because if they can sell out their rights to greedy corporations, it affects all of us.
It's not just about your personal choice. A world in which corporations yield such power affects everyone.