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Discussion on: What extend it is "OK" to be tracked?

 
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Matthieu Cneude • Edited

That's true, but it's difficult not to use a service like Google or Apple if you have a phone for example. The fact that these company are monopolistic doesn't really give a choice to the end user.

About EULA, the real problem is they are way too complex, mainly because of the way they are presented, not necessarily what they mean. They are awfully written, and I suspect that it's on purpose.

About choice: our understanding of choice is less clear than we think. The manipulative aspect of many companies reduce these choices in fact. Of course you can call everything manipulative, like a simple conversation between two persons, but the big difference is in term of impact and manipulative power.