Who is “we”? You and I might decide it was the right thing to do but you and I are probably also in the top X% of the world in terms of wage.
Here’s my hunch on what would happen: we would realize that it’s really messed up that the only options for people to get basic services we once took for granted is to pay for it; and those that can’t afford it must give up their privacy or start rationing a budget to access news, email etc. for a fee.
On Maslows hierarchy, privacy in the sense of ad targeting is a pretty privileged need. The business model works for the overwhelming majority of the world; it’s only broken for people who think it’s no big deal to have to shell a few bucks extra a month for either more privacy or access to services (that would no longer exist for free to the extent they do today.)
Here’s my hunch on what would happen: we would realize that it’s really messed up that the only options for people to get basic services we once took for granted is to pay for it; and those that can’t afford it must give up their privacy or start rationing a budget to access news, email etc. for a fee.
On Maslows hierarchy, privacy in the sense of ad targeting is a pretty privileged need. The business model works for the overwhelming majority of the world; it’s only broken for people who think it’s no big deal to have to shell a few bucks extra a month for either more privacy or access to services (that would no longer exist for free to the extent they do today.)