Why Do Americans Should Give Up Their Privacy

In my opinion, I think that Americans would give up their privacy to get back free services. I say this because most Americans right now do not read privacy policies, so they do not know how much information they are giving away now. With how advertising works now I think it almost would benefit not only the advertisers but also the people that give away their information. Advertising on the internet is based off an algorithm that people make by browsing on google or some other websites, so even today I think people do not realize how much they have already given away to advertisers. A big argument that I have for it is that advertising has changed so much from its roots that it is personalized from person to person, which makes you wonder
From the publicity stunts to false advertising sometimes ads have gotten a bad history surrounding them, but they haven’t gone away because they work. Advertisements are all just trying to sell you some kind item or service, so knowing more about a person on the internet to my opinion would help the consumer and the marketer. Not only are they receiving more ways to appeal to certain niches, but the niches are getting their eyes open to other markets while retaining free services. This could backfire as ads have in the past like the Great Depression, but ads keep evolving which is something people need to get used to because the media around them will keep developing with us. I think it would be a good idea to allow this to happen. It would be foreign to Americans, but we give out a lot of information already, and it only creates a smaller world in a marketing standpoint from a consumer standpoint. With things like this already happening I do not see why we as the consumers can’t make the next step to evolving the media. I think something like this will happen whether we want or not in the long run anyway, so with a certain restriction on this “private” information, I think it would benefit both the public and the people making the