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minus-squareItsMeSpez@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down1·1 year agoI find it interesting that many of these complaints essentially boil down to: listen, I know you have vast amounts of data about who I am as a person, so why aren’t you using this data effectively?
minus-squareAkasazh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoThis is what I’m wondering about too, spez, but I figured you would know a thing or two about that… My Google account has reached an age of maturity, but I’m order to watch ‘sensitive materiaal’ Google wants me to upload my ID. Which I’ll never do. Otoh, like with Netflix suggestions, wouldn’t it be more scary if the recommendations actually started making sense?
I find it interesting that many of these complaints essentially boil down to: listen, I know you have vast amounts of data about who I am as a person, so why aren’t you using this data effectively?
This is what I’m wondering about too, spez, but I figured you would know a thing or two about that…
My Google account has reached an age of maturity, but I’m order to watch ‘sensitive materiaal’ Google wants me to upload my ID. Which I’ll never do.
Otoh, like with Netflix suggestions, wouldn’t it be more scary if the recommendations actually started making sense?