> because people are afraid of data collection now in a way they weren't in 2006. And this narrative that big companies are sucking up data and ruining society was pushed by "old" media in a struggle to remain relevant
What are you talking about? These assholes invented panopticon surveillance based advertising.
Instead of making hundreds of millions or billions of dollars selling normal ads to normal people the way it had been done for decades (buy an ad on a page people who see the page see the ad) they pushed and pushed to climb into every corner of your digital life to know exactly who you are to squeeze out even more profits.
Then they used monopoly power so gained to illegally crush all competitors while buying off the political leadership that should have stopped them.
But this is somehow the fault of “old media”? Come on.
The reason it would be hard to start something like that is because of overwhelming monopoly power these platforms hold and their commitment to using surveillance. In a sane freely competitive world these alternatives would already exist.
What are you talking about? These assholes invented panopticon surveillance based advertising.
Instead of making hundreds of millions or billions of dollars selling normal ads to normal people the way it had been done for decades (buy an ad on a page people who see the page see the ad) they pushed and pushed to climb into every corner of your digital life to know exactly who you are to squeeze out even more profits.
Then they used monopoly power so gained to illegally crush all competitors while buying off the political leadership that should have stopped them.
But this is somehow the fault of “old media”? Come on.
The reason it would be hard to start something like that is because of overwhelming monopoly power these platforms hold and their commitment to using surveillance. In a sane freely competitive world these alternatives would already exist.