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>Would users be surprised and angry to learn you do this? Then don't.

Doesn't this already exist since nobody wants to piss off shareholders?

Shareholders don't get annoyed when you're evil, they get ($)_($) eyes.

Not true. People are pissed at a number of these companies and regulations are on the horizon. Regulations don't give me ($)_($) eyes.

As long as they're weak enough regulations, or they keep staying on the horizon, why would they care?

We'll eventually have regulations cracking down on the privacy shitshow the web is today. But how many billions of dollars were made on the abuse to date, and how many more will be made still?

Moreso: How many surveillance systems have been bootstrapped using the full take, but will now happily function with a few unregulated breadcrumbs here and there.

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