I think its wrong on the part of big search/email engines to log information about its user. For example whenever I use gmail and suppose I am writing an email to my sister asking how she is after her hernia operation, next time when I enter gmail I see all these ads on its interface about medicines/solutions for hernia. This clearly states that all this information is logged somewhere. Seems like we all need to be careful about what we typein our emails.
I like how the physical world functions. If I go to a bookstore and buy a specific book, I am not bombarded by similar books the next time I go there. I again have the pleasure of browsing the whole selection rather than having options thrown at me without wanting them. Even though the internet has a larger catalogue of options, sooner or later everyone realizes that through their so called clever use of cookies and information logging we always get the same boring things thrown at us. These online companies do not believe in diversifying the customers options but it believes that if someone buys an action flick, they will always be buying the same genre. Atleast in the real world I am not pre-judged on my previous transactions.
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I think its wrong on the part of big search/email engines to log information about its user. For example whenever I use gmail and suppose I am writing an email to my sister asking how she is after her hernia operation, next time when I enter gmail I see all these ads on its interface about medicines/solutions for hernia. This clearly states that all this information is logged somewhere. Seems like we all need to be careful about what we typein our emails. I like how the physical world functions. If I go to a bookstore and buy a specific book, I am not bombarded by similar books the next time I go there. I again have the pleasure of browsing the whole selection rather than having options thrown at me without wanting them. Even though the internet has a larger catalogue of options, sooner or later everyone realizes that through their so called clever use of cookies and information logging we always get the same boring things thrown at us. These online companies do not believe in diversifying the customers options but it believes that if someone buys an action flick, they will always be buying the same genre. Atleast in the real world I am not pre-judged on my previous transactions.