Here’s the other things:
Gmail is sending your info to the algorithm
Google phone is sending your info to the algorithm
Chrome is sending your info to the algorithm
Google cloud services, Google maps, Google photos, all going to the algorithm.
The algorithm is a data base compiler and has electrons on every person on earth that has a digital footprint of any sort.
The algorithm is SHARED across all social media. Anti-trust violations.
Thanks! ...... I think! ;)
The algorithm connects to FB, Twitter and Instagram
They know what you do, where you go, who you associate with, who you communicate with, how much you make, how much you spend, where you shop, what you buy, where you live, where you work, who you date - EVERYTHING
Adhesion contracts writ large.
I get a feeling that by the time all is said and done here the 50 page “you are accepting this if you proceed” contract is going to be pretty much toast. Given the ubiquitousness of the interwebs it’s akin to the general populace subsidizing/building highway or electrical system and then in an insanely roundabout way a private third party notifying you in your weekly ad mailer that if you step on the road or turn on a light their guy Bob gets to come over and watch you have sex through the bedroom window, film it, sell it, and ask you wryly in the morning if you need condoms and herpes cream...