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baby_souffleyesterday at 7:55 PM1 replyview on HN

> It's insane that there's more profit in duping your users to spy on them and sell their data/information, than there is just making and selling a great product.

Seems pretty logical, no?

How do we sell more TVs? Be a cheaper and or better choice. If we're already doing well technically, sell customer data to discount the TV and appear more attractive.

If this is ethical / how much disclosure you'd need to give to customers so they can make this informed choice is a whole other discussion...


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godelskiyesterday at 10:23 PM

  > Seems pretty logical, no?
Not really, it's incredibly myopic. Would you really risk your brand, that took decades to build, by acting hostile to your customers? It only "makes sense" to do when you no longer care about your brand or you are only interested in the short term
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