Social media's tricky equation
Tech giants are playing a big role in our day-to-day lives.
And like the cliche goes, everything has corners. The easyness of life and the means to connect and make the world a smaller place comes at a cost — privacy. But none of us seem so concerned about that. If Facebook isn’t robbing your data, the government is. Neither is the lesser of the two evils.
Of course we need to formulate a thoughtful plan to break up these monopolies so that consumers are protected from predatory practices. But we all know there is nothing like a free meal. So would we be willing to pay for services which are now free of cost? Today the services these goliaths are providing us, is being funded by the advertising firms, the data miners and the likes. Doubts arise when money comes into play.
There’s gonna be no Teddy Roosevelt. The reaches of the internet are unknown perhaps like the boundaries of the universe. Antitrust enforcement by declaring war on the steel, rail and oil trusts is something tangible. But where exactly do you start a war in the world wide web?
Joyce D
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