Late Stage Capitalism, Marketing-Based Privacy Violations (-----)
I'm in a conference call with the company who's product we're replatforming to use, and they're showing off their built-in marketing tools.
Great fuck. Their _built in tools_ now include automated social media scraping to categorize user interests so you can market to them. You can open any customer profile and see all their calculated interests in a tag cloud.
None of this is okay. None of it. I feel sick.
Late Stage Capitalism, Marketing-Based Privacy Violations (-----)
@JulieSqveakaroo It's okay. I'm a tough ✨plush!✨ *squeezes back*
Late Stage Capitalism, Marketing-Based Privacy Violations (-----)
@mawr uuuggggggghhhhhhhh. late-stage capitalism ftw! >_____<
Late Stage Capitalism, Marketing-Based Privacy Violations (-----)
@mawr Oh no! Just..why are they doing this?
Late Stage Capitalism, Marketing-Based Privacy Violations (-----)
@giantessgnostic Because if it's done correctly, it subtly manipulates people into buying from you, and buying more than they normally would. :<
Late Stage Capitalism, Marketing-Based Privacy Violations (-----)
@mawr yup... I'm fairly close to pi-holing our house network...
Late Stage Capitalism, Marketing-Based Privacy Violations (-----)
@mawr *Hugs softly*
It is not a safe world out there for plushes.