> YouTube has an extremely invasive privacy policy which relies on using user data in unethical ways
I just want to weigh in a counterpoint to make sure that this isn't the only voice people ever hear.
I think that Google using data to personalize ads and recommend videos is ethically ok. I think this is a case of straw-manning potentially legitimate complaints about Google's service by using the word "ethics" to skip the work of making an actual argument.
Further I think products like this are actually unethical. They are an unethical use of the data produced by Youtube creators, who miss out on ad revenue which they worked hard to earn.
EDIT: I work at Google (not on ads or Youtube) and have worked at other large ads companies in the past. I work at these companies _because_ I think ads are ok, not the other way around. My views are my own.
I just want to weigh in a counterpoint to make sure that this isn't the only voice people ever hear.
I think that Google using data to personalize ads and recommend videos is ethically ok. I think this is a case of straw-manning potentially legitimate complaints about Google's service by using the word "ethics" to skip the work of making an actual argument.
Further I think products like this are actually unethical. They are an unethical use of the data produced by Youtube creators, who miss out on ad revenue which they worked hard to earn.
And btw, you can opt out of ads personalization on https://adssettings.google.com/
EDIT: I work at Google (not on ads or Youtube) and have worked at other large ads companies in the past. I work at these companies _because_ I think ads are ok, not the other way around. My views are my own.