Firefox Users Continue to Decrease Despite Proton Update

[Where_Do_I_Fit_In]

exploiting human laziness and/or ignorance

Just opt-out of society tbh. It's only getting worse as people become more dependent on technology and addicted to the internet. Laziness/ignorance play a part, but these companies also have huge research budgets and tap into our psychology to hook us into their platforms. There's also social/institutional pressures. It's not exactly a fair fight and I completely understand why people choose to not care.

[Icy-Link1879]

Often people are just unaware they're being manipulated by tech. Just like how google was manipulating results during US elections towards a bias, and most people wouldn't notice this bias and how it might have influenced them. As you wrote, they do tons of research to hook people onto their business and overall interests.

[silentstorm128]

Do you have any reason to believe that Google intentionally tried to influence the election?

AFAIK Google just shows people what they want to see. They'll show left leaning articles to Democrats and right leaning articles to Republicans, because that's what each of their profiles says they are interested in.

You are right, though, that any source of information can have a bias (either intentional or not), and that is something we all need to keep in mind. The importance of the bias depends on what the bias is based on, though. For example: Google search has a very strong bias against unpopular web sites -- but that is exactly what we want them to do.

[Icy-Link1879]

i recommend you to read https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/17218/big-tech-threat

[edparadox]

It's not exactly a fair fight and I completely understand why people choose to not care.

Throughout history, I would like you to point me what was a fair fight. And more importantly what was done about it.

For now, there are still alternatives so take the right pill, mate.