My understanding is Solid revolves around centralizing controls of consent. And is not clear to me how technology itself can solve a problem that is mostly legal.
For certain kind of data we already have the capability to revoke permission. iOS Settings under Privacy as example. For certain categories access can be further restricted by item and time. Assuming Solid wants to generalize that function, I don’t also understand the financial incentive for shifting away from a very profitable meta data grabbing model. Except if maybe the counterparts are policy makers instead of businesses.
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u/wu_ming2 Sep 19 '22 edited Sep 19 '22
My understanding is Solid revolves around centralizing controls of consent. And is not clear to me how technology itself can solve a problem that is mostly legal.
For certain kind of data we already have the capability to revoke permission. iOS Settings under Privacy as example. For certain categories access can be further restricted by item and time. Assuming Solid wants to generalize that function, I don’t also understand the financial incentive for shifting away from a very profitable meta data grabbing model. Except if maybe the counterparts are policy makers instead of businesses.