stux⚡️stux@mstdn.social
Oct 23, 2026, 6:32 PM“Collecting data on your users is cool”
No, it’s not
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Oct 23, 2026, 6:33 PM@stux But what if you want to send users birthday cards? /s
Flash Mob Of OneFlashMobOfOne@mstdn.socialOct 23, 2026, 6:35 PM@stux Thanks for being decent. This is why I donate every month.
Oct 23, 2026, 6:36 PM@stux@mstdn.social
It is not cool, but it is profitable, and that is the problem.
Corporations make money; it is their one goal. So long as there is a mountain of money to be made by collecting information, most corporations will do it. I have learned there are some whose whole business model claimed privacy was their objective — Mozilla, for example — who today cannot ignore the cash heap they've gained in collecting your data.
It isn't cool. It sucks. But it is profitable.
schamspeareschamspeare@mstdn.socialOct 23, 2026, 6:48 PM@stux That's a quote? What asshole would ever say that?
- stux⚡️stux@mstdn.socialOct 23, 2026, 6:49 PM
@schamspeare Corporate
Hugo Millsdarkling@mstdn.socialOct 23, 2026, 7:53 PM@stux I am very much in favour of the view that you treat information about actual people like you treat nuclear waste: you try not to generate it at all, and you do your best to ensure that nobody else can get hold of it, and that you get rid of it safely, and as soon as possible.