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[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 32 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Also when “you’re the product” that doesn’t just mean that your data is the product. A user is a person whom you can influence. “You’re the product” means this company can direct you, influence you, change your behavior. They can offer your behavioral changes, as a service to their other stakeholders.

[–] niktemadur@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

Marketing can be such an immoral, insidious process.
And it takes thousands of people pushing this shit mindlessly, because hey... "It's just a job, right? Nine to five".

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 4 months ago

Shit. People think they collect all that data just for fun, don't they? Time to change how I talk about this...

[–] xilona@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago

This ☝️✅