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Cake day: July 23rd, 2023

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  • Hmm that’s a very good question. I guess you could even argue that the current model is better because there is no single tracker and your data is split between multiple competing entities (Google Analytics, Facebook, …). I suppose the model I’m proposing would only be better if the party reading your history and distributing funds according to it could be trusted not to sell that info (perhaps if it was forced to be a nonprofit or such?). Perhaps it would even be possible to solve it in a way that your browsing history would never have to leave your device, and the micropayments could be made directly by your web browser as you browsed. Ie. each http request would come with a micropayment attached.

    I suspect that people wouldn’t actually be that averse to paying for things as long as the prices were miniscule (>=1 cent)



  • their “AI” features

    Oh :(. Looks like they must have still viewed you as a product rather than a paying customer… It seems they must have calculated that training models on your data and selling those would make them more money than just raising the price of the subscription. I suppose the structural problem then is that selling your data is something a business can always do to make a buck regardless of if you are (or aren’t) already paying them.










  • You are right that being delibarate about picking a strategy and constantly returning to it so it structures your ADHD brain is a very helpful approach. What I’m looking to hear about is people’s alternatives to the strategy of googling when the goal is finding real-world opportunities like jobs or housing. Ie. other methods for traversing that net of chaos.