Thread: Harmattan?
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2009-05-22 , 05:06
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#43
Originally Posted by jandmdickerson View Post
Isn't there ethical issues about location based advertisement (I am not talking about legal). Something that tracks your location and suggest things based on your purchase history or demographics.
As long as it suggests these things to you alone and not to a bunch of corporate suits high in the clouds, why is there an ethical issue?

Just because we can clone a hamster/dog hybrd doesn't mean we should.
You mean we shouldn't? No way... Where is fun in that?

Nokia seems to be proud of its social contributions, "greener planet" stuff, then why start down this dark path.
This is called "buzzword compliance". As long as both "greener planet" and "location based advertising" are current buzzwords, there is no logical conflict here in following both.

I can only imagine what AT&T wireless would do with this. Atleast if I get a commercial on my cable tv programming I can fast forward through it or switch channels, its not constantly taking up my screen space and reminding me its time to buy more beer.
Morale: Do not try being a miser, buy a real, unsubsidized device. At the end of the day, you will pay about the same or less and avoid that terrible feeling of being sodomized by a corporate entity.
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Last edited by fms; 2009-05-22 at 07:37.