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New comment by chetanvaity in "The Evilization of Google–and What to Do About It"

chetanvaity — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 16:16:50 +0000

True. Its not just Google. And, as you say, its not just the traditional BigTech. Large companies and the State have been in complicit in power grabbing since a long time.

New comment by chetanvaity in "The Evilization of Google–and What to Do About It"

chetanvaity — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 21:51:51 +0000

When we used to talk about the data-collection for various reasons - but primarily for ad-targetting and later personlization purposes, we always were quite concerned.

The data-collection felt very wrong. But, we kinda collectively sighed and allowed it, thinking ads are a necessary evil.

First of all, as engineers, this is a cop-out.

Even if we grant ads as a necessary evil, this should always have been stop-gap to a better - a less evil - business model.

As engineers, we again failed to stand up against this continued use - for decades now.

But,

nobody ever agreed for the data to be made available to the State.

This is a breach of trust!

If anyone says their hands were tied - I say they were tied with money.

Breach of Trust

chetanvaity — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 18:23:03 +0000

Article URL: https://home.chetanv.net/articles/breach-of-trust.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44674219

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