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Companies that obtain and sell your user information should have to pay you royalties. Agree or disagree? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Privacy concerns are a very popular and valid talking point on Lemmy, so I would like to gather your thoughts and opinions on this. (Apologies if it's already been discussed!)

Would you support this? Would it work or even be viable? (If it could somehow overcome the rabid resistance from these big companies). What are your thoughts?

Personally, I'm getting more and more agitated at the state of this late stage global capitalism, where companies have the gall to ask you to pay or subscribe to their products, while they already make money from you for selling your data. It's been an issue for a long time now, but seems to really be ramping up.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (11 children)

Generally, I personally, disagree. Usually companies do not get your data from the air, they provide people service and often for free in exchange. This is a model which made internet available for masses.

What I agree with - a transparency and control, more or less like GDPR suggests (not like it is usually implemented, though).

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah I feel like OP is suggested a world where you pay $5 a month to use Facebook, but you get the premium version for free if you sign off your rights. Maybe not a whole lot would change, except a higher awareness of the business model.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

OP wants companies pay them. Regarding pay or watch ad (this is a usual way your data is sold): youtube, spotify and many others offer this option already now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Imo companies should at least pay for the data used by said ads. Especially the ones that needlessly throw videos at people.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

They do - they provide you some service in exchange.

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