The excuse I always hear is that they simply don't care. It doesn't negatively effect them so why should they care?
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Not an excuse, but an explanation: ignorance.
Most people don't know how ads or data collection works beyond the obvious uptick in a product after you search for it. They don't know what impact it might have.
Full disclosure: I'm mostly in this camp. I only recently started using firefox over chrome, for example. I know that big tech collects obscene amounts of data, and monetizes it by targeted advertisements, but...beyond that, I don't know what FAANG can do with the data collected on me. I only have a vague idea of what's being collected.
Not caring about digital privacy can stem from being overwhelmed and defeated. Everything we use is tracking us and selling our data. It used to be just websites, but now even dishwashers need to be connected to the internet.
It's not always obvious how to establish privacy either. Like, your web browser just needs an extension, but how do you block trackers on your tv?
If you attempt to block everything but reach a thing that you can't, it feels like it ruins the whole endeavor. Like, you can stop your phone from tracking your location, but your car will still be able to. So now your location data is out there anyway. It's inevitable, yay.
It's not just companies either, governments also heavily tracks us and will cooperate with each other on it. For example, if we assume that the US is being honest about not spying on us, it still doesn't stop them from buying our info from China or Britain.
Establishing internet privacy is simply too hurclean of a task for most people to handle. It takes a lot of time, education, and stress to do, and likely won't be enough.
Worst of all, if you somehow manage to create complete privacy, you won't have anything to show for it. The benefits are too abstract. Internet privacy or not, you still need to find a job, go grocery shopping, etc etc. None of which are noticeably impacted by data privacy.
It's much much easier to just not think about it.
The excuse I always hear is that they simply don't care. It doesn't negatively effect them so why should they care?
I hear this one too and honestly, it does negatively effect them, they just don't see it because it feels like it's always been there. But give them ad-block for a week and then take it away...
Hi man! Just wanted to post my reply, to your reply, in a completely different thread. Just wanted to say
/Thanks, mate! Appreciate the feedback, made my day!/