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In reply to the discussion: Amazon Changed Search Algorithm in Ways That Boost Its Own Products [View all]jcmaine72
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When I was a kid back when dinosaurs walked the earth, people used to fret over the possibility of our government someday imposing an Orwellian dystopia on us. Every federal encroachment into our daily lives, even if it was beneficial, was viewed by some with suspicion.
Fast forward four decades or so and not only are we seemingly trapped inside an Orwellian nightmare, but it's one that we gleefully and voluntarily participate in. It didn't take the form people thought it would back in the 1970s-80s. It's not our government that literally possesses detailed information of our every financial transaction, political/social/everything commentary, and list of friends, it's a handful of hyper-greedy, hyper-unscrupulous tech corporations.
The sad part is that we voluntarily gave these scumbag corporate overlords of ours the literal keys to the kingdom. Why? So we can play Candy Crush for free, get a 75% discount on crap we don't need, or have the profound privilege of exchanging hostile, misspelled tweets with one another.
We deserve what these tech giants have and will do to us. And I'm not excluding myself from this either. I'm as guilty as anyone of diving headlong into nightmare. It's like something out of a bad, early-1980s scifi flick.