Before tech privacy was a large concern, the capitalist formula was indeed to consider cost of labor (china) and its relation to roi/share prices. It still is

Before tech privacy was a large concern, the capitalist formula was indeed to consider cost of labor (china) and its relation to roi/share prices. It still is because that’s how corporations work: “how will x affect my bottom line?” It’s just now we have layers of concern that involve privacy. In a world with no regulation, corps would be sharing a lot more and doing a lot worse.