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I said “very profitable”.

“Surveillance capitalism” earns nothing compared to how much cash Apple makes, but there isn’t a field of studying “cell phone capitalism”.




There’s plenty of study of the practice of one entity selling a good or service to another entity. You might call it “economics” or “business.”

“Surveillance capitalism” is interesting/unique because not all of the relevant parties in the exchange (users, platforms, advertisers) actually understand their role in the exchange.




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