Imagine you’re in a casino. Someone walks up to the roulette table, puts $1000 on 14. They win! They now have $50,000. Now they move to another table, and put $500 on red. They lost, so they put $1,000 on red. They lose again. They put $2,000 on red. They win! Now they have $50,500! They’re such a winner!

You didn’t see that they put $1,000 on 14 every day for the past twenty days. They only won because they are able to afford to lose $20,000. They’re actually only $30,500 up, but that’s still a big win. You also didn’t see the ten other people who tried the same strategy, but never landed on a table that came up with their number.

This is the kind of person that Silicon Valley idolises.

Sometimes when I feel really annoyed at surveillance capitalism, I go into Google and Bing maps and submit home photo deletion requests on behalf of a few home owners in my area.

When you delete enough homes on a street, it skips the entire street on Street View. It's great.

Also, they don't validate emails or that you actually own the home you are asking to delete, and there are no laws against doing this.

You are welcome.