Comment on Why Do Sites Keep Shoving Features We Don’t Want Down Our Throats?
swordgeek@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
In a nutshell…
They’re not here for your benefit, they’re here for their own profit.
If they could make money with flashing lights they would, even if they had to deal with lawsuits from people who had seizures from it.
They don’t cate what you like. They don’t care what you want. You are nothing more than a commodity they can sell.
You give them too much credit. They’re not even necessarily there for the company’s profit.
Extra unnecessary features are often added and shoved at you purely because some executive needed a project to spruce up their resume, and for literally no other reason.
FauxLiving@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Exactly this.
You’re not the customer. Google is an advertising company, their customers are people who buy ads.
People who watch shorts watch more videos so there are more slots to put ads in. So, you’re going to watch shorts.