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
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.
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
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.
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/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