DISQUS

Luis · 2 years ago

But I thought the market would take care of that? (I'm being slightly snarky, but I'm also being slightly serious in asking that. I'm not sure why this would bother the serious libertarian, I guess.)
Jim Harper · 2 years ago

Google's failure would be the market working its will - people protect their privacy (without regulatory protection) by shunning goods and services that don't meet their privacy demands.

This post is mostly an observation based on my understanding of privacy, not a restatement of libertarian dogma. It's bad for everybody (a little bit) if a business model fails (wasted assets, foregone cool toys), so I'm helping Google figure out their problems. You're welcome, Google. ;-P