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		troels on Aug 15, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: It's not too late to ditch the ad-based business m... That's a side effect rather than an essential part of the model. You would lose privacy with other models too. E.g. micropayment systems would know as much about your spending habits as Google knows about your browsing habits today.

mquirion on Aug 15, 2014 [–]

Yeah. Your grocery stores have known more about you than anyone for decades. And it doesn't look like that's going to change anytime soon, frankly.

miles932 on Aug 15, 2014 | [–]

They have the data, but trust me, they don't know.

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