Surveillance capitalism in this context would be how the “product” genuis is selling is your usage data, as opposed to what they seem to provide which is song lyrics.
You may have heard the phrase " if you arent paying for it then YOU are the product", An oversimplified version but the same idea.
Genuis is a tracking and metrics service for spotify and other rent seekers in the music industry, they do it by offering lyrics for “free” and tracking as much as they can about users who visit the site.
they also employ tracking cookies so that companies like facebook and google can learn about you, even if you don’t directly patronize those services. it used to be to sell to advertizers to make more effective ads, but as that market dries up because it turns out the most effective advertising dollars are put towards billboards and radio, these digital marketing companies are making back the difference selling to brokers and companies who interact more with state based actors. that’s effectively why palentir exists. the cia isn’t allowed to spy on you, and technically neither is the nsa or fbi authorized to spy on you unless they’ve gotten a search warrant (which has been comically easy to do since 2002), there’s nothing illegal and no legal grey area for a private company to spy on you and then the agencies to buy services from that company.
Can you explain surveillance capitalism in this context to me?
Surveillance capitalism in this context would be how the “product” genuis is selling is your usage data, as opposed to what they seem to provide which is song lyrics.
You may have heard the phrase " if you arent paying for it then YOU are the product", An oversimplified version but the same idea.
Genuis is a tracking and metrics service for spotify and other rent seekers in the music industry, they do it by offering lyrics for “free” and tracking as much as they can about users who visit the site.
Alright, thanks. Doesn’t AZLyrics do the same thing? Offer lyrics for free to offer your behavior and your eyeballs to advertisers?
Probably just less of it but yes. Thats why people use privacy front ends like dumb instead.
Maybe they’re less good at it
they also employ tracking cookies so that companies like facebook and google can learn about you, even if you don’t directly patronize those services. it used to be to sell to advertizers to make more effective ads, but as that market dries up because it turns out the most effective advertising dollars are put towards billboards and radio, these digital marketing companies are making back the difference selling to brokers and companies who interact more with state based actors. that’s effectively why palentir exists. the cia isn’t allowed to spy on you, and technically neither is the nsa or fbi authorized to spy on you unless they’ve gotten a search warrant (which has been comically easy to do since 2002), there’s nothing illegal and no legal grey area for a private company to spy on you and then the agencies to buy services from that company.
Good explanation