If a site gave its users a choice between making a small payment or giving permission to mine & sell information about them, many would pay.
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Replying to @scottjehl
…of course the latter is easily done w/o permission, but how can ethical teams do that? Why is it okay to take advantage of our customers?
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…or at the very least, why can't we be up-front with customers about how they're already–often unknowingly–paying for what they consume?
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Imagine walking into a store and, whether you buy something or not, the store owner will likely observe you & sell info about you. Websites!
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…to follow up on my earlier complaining, it's nice to see some attempts at micropayments. https://www.google.com/contributor/welcome/ … is one example I know of
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@scottjehl@slightlylate to be fair, certain orgs could accept/push Bitcoin & stop pretending these use-cases are still technology problems.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@csuwildcat@scottjehl : it could be an _incentive problem_ (badumtish!)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @slightlylate
@slightlylate@scottjehl this class of use-cases used to be social & technical problems, after Bitcoin, they're just gated by social hurdles1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@csuwildcat: you're furiously discounting the cost of bitcoin infrastructure. It's "once we have flying cars..." /cc@scottjehl1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @slightlylate
@slightlylate@scottjehl what's your definition of "infra"?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@csuwildcat: client/server security, sync'd software releases, etc.
/cc @scottjehl
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Replying to @slightlylate
@slightlylate who is having these issues? Where do you see these rising to the "flying car" level?0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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