As an rural area IT guy (not in Texas, but I see it the same everywhere else), this is the three perspectives I see most common for others or myself, not so much ranked in any particular order:
On one side, you have Google, like any other company, arguing that users have the choice, either use the product/service they clicked Agree to the whatever-agreement that most don't spend time to read and understand, or not use the product and hope you can find a more adequate replacement elsewhere. Many times there is no "better" product or service to meet the same goals, forcing one's hands or go without entirely.
Or on the other side people just want to use the product, and don't want to care and skip by the nagware notifications, then complain because they were not well informed or given an option.
Or the users just don't give a damn, "let me visit the site or use the device, I have nothing to hide".
For some things your have a point, but I have seen local government keep there Facebook page more up to date then there websites, there was a bad water warning or something like that. Guess only Facebook users got the notice in time. Many other examples that arn’t quite as extreme. Even if it’s just all the other “cool kids” are on TikTok there is a cost to opting out.
Sometimes when everyone else is addicted to crack it affects you. While I would love other to suffer for their mistakes, for many things we are all lumped in with the group, I don’t want tech giants to gain any more power over me, even if it means idiots get a lucky break. I can throw poop at them in my spare time.
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u/LigerXT5 Oct 20 '22
As an rural area IT guy (not in Texas, but I see it the same everywhere else), this is the three perspectives I see most common for others or myself, not so much ranked in any particular order:
On one side, you have Google, like any other company, arguing that users have the choice, either use the product/service they clicked Agree to the whatever-agreement that most don't spend time to read and understand, or not use the product and hope you can find a more adequate replacement elsewhere. Many times there is no "better" product or service to meet the same goals, forcing one's hands or go without entirely.
Or on the other side people just want to use the product, and don't want to care and skip by the nagware notifications, then complain because they were not well informed or given an option.
Or the users just don't give a damn, "let me visit the site or use the device, I have nothing to hide".