You don’t have to extrapolate far to get into dystopian territory. “Get 50% off your rent if you agree to be live-streamed all the time!”
This is also the business model that powers most of the web. “Let us spy on you and get our service for free!” Then brands pop up offering privacy for a price, and the result is that only rich people get to live their lives unsurveilled.
This hotel example seems harmless because it’s mostly a gimmick, but we need to stop this train in its tracks. Privacy should be a human right.
I don't understand. If I live stream my life on twitch or youtube or my own servers how is that different? Youtube pays, twitch pays, so effectively they'd be paying me to live stream my life. But it's my choice to do it.
Are you saying it should be illegal to post live video of yourself for money?
I'm mixed on this because while I 100% agree with you, I also don't really think that it will take off beyond a few novelty places where the Hotel + rooms are specifically designed to accommodate an entertaining stream. Think specific amenities meant to encourage silliness, items in the room for entertainment value that a regular hotel wouldn't use, product placement, and so on.
The number of non-tech people who still bother with a strip of tape over their laptop's webcam is encouraging enough for me to believe that likely a hotel experience like this really will never grow beyond a curiosity for a select group of people who wouldn't mind such an experience, and I think that our paranoia over physical privacy likely will keep this pretty constrained.
Even more - there's bound to be someone testing the boundaries. This is one example. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Ringley was another one. Someone has to either express/define or demonstrate what's extreme for the rest to have an opinion on what's ok.
It will be an issue if this idea becomes a norm. But it's normal that it's an extreme novelty.
I always hate to say this kind of thing but if this is your belief then you are probably quite wealthy. A lot of people would jump on this opportunity and I don't think it should be kept from them because you're concerned about their privacy.
You can make this same argument against labor laws, payday lending regulations and prohibitions on organ donations. "A lot of [poor] people would jump on the opportunity to get paid for their organs and I don't think it should be kept from them because you're concerned about their bodies."
This is also the business model that powers most of the web. “Let us spy on you and get our service for free!” Then brands pop up offering privacy for a price, and the result is that only rich people get to live their lives unsurveilled.
This hotel example seems harmless because it’s mostly a gimmick, but we need to stop this train in its tracks. Privacy should be a human right.