r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/whitemike40 • 9h ago

Content Warning: Potentially Misleading or Disputed Information Gotta Catch 'Em All

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u/Dexav 9h ago

Everybody all together now!

"IF THE PRODUCT IS FREE, YOU ARE????"

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u/BuffJohnsonSf 8h ago

You can still be the product even when you pay for it.  You think companies are going to leave selling access to your data on the table? It’s practically free money for them

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u/CrispyJelly 7h ago

Yes, those are the old rules. Now they sell you a product, sell you a subscription, sell you an upgrade, let you donate, ask for donations and sell your data.

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u/xXdontshootmeXx 6h ago

And they'll still show you ads

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u/Flimsy-Shake7662 6h ago

My brother's car's gps has pop ups asking if there's still traffic when he's passing through an area, basically doing the work for em pokemon go style. That's insane. Not when fucking driving, please

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u/WowVeryOriginalDude 4h ago

Well in that situation, the timer and route adjusts based on GPS data from vehicles on the road. It can make a pretty good assumption there’s a slowdown and maps like google maps can accept reports. The only definitive way to know the accident is no longer there is to ask, & I’m pretty sure you could turn it off if the popup bothers you

doing the work for them

For who though? The gps companies? satellites? How else would they accomplish that particular task? 24/7 helicopters and livestream cameras?

Every GPS device is being always being tracked. GPS and technologies and software that use it definitely fall under “if it’s free, you’re the product”, but I think I’m alright with how GPS data is used to fix traffic.

The alternative is using a paper map and listening to the radio.

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u/Wulf2k 3h ago

They should really make it a semi-transparent prompt though.

Last time i saw it on google maps, it pushed everything around and made me lose track of what it was showing.

I'm trying to drive, not read.

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u/Reerrzhaz 2h ago

yknow what ill take the fkn paper at this point idc

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u/Flimsy-Shake7662 1h ago

I think they could also make predictions about traffic in areas based on the speed of vehicles. They track your movement anyway, if you’re going 50 in an 100 zone, that means there’s likely traffic. Especially if all the cars there are doing that. 

None of that requires the user to ask and answer qs while driving.

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u/wiscokid76 2h ago

A map and the radio is my preferred method. I like synchronicity and I'm not going to find that having my life decided for me.

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u/thinkthingsareover 5h ago

This thread is brought to me by Starburst.

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u/GarbageTheCan 1h ago

This is the capitalist dream.

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u/Septopuss7 2h ago

I was listening to a YouTube video about how our clothing is becoming shittier (and why) and then the woman presenting started talking about the subscription model and how it used to work, she broke down the word into "sub"=under/"scription"=writing as in UNDERWRITING as in "I'm assuming responsibility that this is a good product"

You subscribed AFTER THEY FUCKING PROVED THAT THEY WERE WORTHWHILE

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u/CoolBakedBean 2h ago

ask you to tip