Category: selling

  • There oughta be a law

    “23andMe’s real business isn’t selling $99 tests, but selling access to data that it has managed to crowdsource as cleverly as Facebook has gathered other personal details.” And you can be sure it’s every direct-to-consumer genetic testing company. 23andMe is just currently the biggest.

  • I’m a writer. Not a spy.

    Sometimes I feel like the only one left who feels put off at the thought of going around and sniffing people’s underwear.

  • Useless loud cheap (mis)targeted ads

    There’s a multi-bazillion industry devoted to making me buy things. They have followed me through all of my days and tracked my every thought. You’d think they’d have an easier time hitting a great big bullseye like a customer looking to buy a product.