We'd be better off without Facebook, Twitter, TikTok and Instagram. Anything that hurts these businesses probably helps society.
There is just no big benefit to justify the amount of damage done to mental health and privacy.
There is just no big benefit to justify the amount of damage done to mental health and privacy.
If your only concern is data handling, though, then fair enough.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/lets-talk-tween/2017...
For sake of not letting a bogus argument go unanswered: Google and Microsoft offer generic tools that have very broad social benefit outside the monetization of user data.
That said, I would prefer it if the FTC would address data monetization practices at all tech companies--it is a fine business model, but it is troublesome as a necessary addition to my spreadsheet or the operating system for my desktop/laptop/phone-sized computer.