[ndnxhs]

Privacy is very important but its just a drop in the ocean compared to environmental disaster. Google tracking you browse the internet seems unimportant compared extinction.

[tspike]

Advertising is fueling that extinction; why else would we consume so much, in such a wasteful way?

[schwurb]

This is where these two issues beautifully tie together: Saving the environment is important - consuming less is a way to do say - with less paying consumers, adds become less valuable - less incentive to violate privacy.

[Nextgrid]

This raises a question, how much does the cancer that is advertising & analytics consumes in terms of electricity and engineering time that could've been put to better use?

[ndnxhs]

Computers use next to nothing in total. Almost all energy is used on heating/cooling, transport and farming.