Blog #2

Ideas:

Data Collections of Privacy on apps

  • Most of the apps that we own on our phones have our personal data collected. Such as debit/credit cards, location, etc. It’s a bit scary– no? 
  • https://time.com/6209991/apps-collecting-personal-data/
  • The article explains how most apps collect your data location. Some people can be really sensitive about apps knowing where they are. Even if people delete apps there’s always some kind of data being tracked. 
  • “people have to make a decision about what kind of society we want to live in, and particularly what kind of protections we want for the most vulnerable members of that society.”

    Is esports dying? 

    • The esports industry isn’t having the best time and definitely not profitable. There are many cases which causes this, the games, players, organizations. Having the esports industry to shutdown in the near future.
    • https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/26/business/video-game-e-sports-profit.html
    • The article shows that there are many fans who enjoy watching esport entertainment. Watching a favorite game or team in a competitive field can get exciting. Though esports teams don’t receive a lot of money, there is still hope in investors making esports dominant.
    • “We were trying to accomplish as an industry what took the N.B.A. 50 years, but we were trying to do it within a five-year time period,” he said, referring to the many N.B.A. teams that were not immediately lucrative businesses. “Turns out that it doesn’t happen.”

    How is technology affecting children today? 

    Today many children are given technology at a younger age. As technology advances this could either benefit or lead a downfall to our future generations.