Re: Fundamental to the product, so, um, hell freezes over.
Yeah, spold, I agree. The only way paying users fair value for their personal information would happen is through legislation, and no country is actually concerned enough about citizens (versus corporations) to even attempt it. Well, maybe Iceland or Norway. Damned ethical Nordic democracies...
Odd, my tiny brain jumped a few rails -- "Just dump the sewage in the river, no need to pay to clean it up" was the 1950s mantra. Now -- "Just grab the user information, no need to pay for anything". In the one case, the environment was degraded; in the other, privacy is eroded.
Make of that what you will. I've had a glass too many to sort it.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
