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0 pointsknn10y ago0 comments

Have mixed feelings about this like I'm sure many do. Greater convenience, but less and less privacy.. Our Fb/goog/nsa overlords know what we eat, where we shit, all of our conversations and relationships. What a scary world we live in.

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pen2l10y ago

Not to mention, it's probably less useful.

I am actually okay with the privacy I give up when using Google Now, for example, because being passively informed about things I'm getting shipped to my house, about traffic conditions to/from my house, etc. is nice. Giving up privacy seems justifiable in those instances.

But FB suggesting restaurants, I just know that there will be money exchanging hands. FB being FB, will extort small business owners into paying them hand over fist to get considered for suggestions to the user.

knnOP10y ago

I'm totally fine with FB charging businesses for advertisement. It's a free market, they can choose not to advertise there. Not a terrible exchange imo. However, Yelp extorting businesses to pay them to remove bad ratings/give good ratings is pretty shitty.

It would be pretty cool to order in the chat, 'deliver me 10 burgers from this restaurant using doordash at 6pm'. I would rather not click through crappy websites/enter my cc every time.

However every time we do do that, our habits and conversations get written in stone (in multiple data sets being passed around and bought/sold everywhere).

rhino36910y ago

Grocery stores have been tracking your food purchases since the 1990s at least. That's why they have those shopping cards.

gorena10y ago

Apple Pay and/or cash defeats this, though.

jacalata10y ago

"Those shopping cards" probably means coupon cards. It doesn't matter how you pay if you also put in your personal QFC number at every transaction.

lalos10y ago

Wouldn't Apple keep a record of your transactions? They even send a push notif with the receipt so they are aware of the location and store.

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nashequilibrium10y ago

That is because you remember the world of privacy, the generation that has grown up with facebook do not.

nashequilibrium10y ago

Someones feelings got hurt.

nashequilibrium10y ago

Wow thin skin much?

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pen2l10y ago

Not to mention, it's probably less useful.

knnOP10y ago

It would be pretty cool to order in the chat, 'deliver me 10 burgers from this restaurant using doordash at 6pm'. I would rather not click through crappy websites/enter my cc every time.

However every time we do do that, our habits and conversations get written in stone (in multiple data sets being passed around and bought/sold everywhere).

rhino36910y ago

Grocery stores have been tracking your food purchases since the 1990s at least. That's why they have those shopping cards.

gorena10y ago

Apple Pay and/or cash defeats this, though.

jacalata10y ago

"Those shopping cards" probably means coupon cards. It doesn't matter how you pay if you also put in your personal QFC number at every transaction.

lalos10y ago

Wouldn't Apple keep a record of your transactions? They even send a push notif with the receipt so they are aware of the location and store.

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nashequilibrium10y ago

That is because you remember the world of privacy, the generation that has grown up with facebook do not.

nashequilibrium10y ago

Someones feelings got hurt.

nashequilibrium10y ago

Wow thin skin much?

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