Re: Should Netflix and Hulu give you emergency alerts?

[Tom Beecher <beecher () beecher cc>]

Business ask to create near real time, location aware notification system
to increase user engagement and refine ad tracking : "That's a a great
idea, we can do that!"

Government ask to create near real time, location aware notification system
for public safety warnings : "THAT IS A BRIDGE TOO FAR, THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS
GOVERNMENT OVERREACH!"

On Sat, Mar 9, 2019 at 4:10 PM Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com> wrote:

> On Sat, 9 Mar 2019, Seth Mattinen wrote:
> > On 3/9/19 12:03 PM, Sean Donelan wrote:
> > > Automatically geo-locating indoor smart speakers and smart TVs is more
> > > difficult, but if advertisers can get geolocation information from
> AT&T,
> > > Amazon, Apple, Google, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon, etc; why can't
> emergency
> > > alerts?
> >
> > There's no technical reason emergency alerts can't be geo located. But
> > advertisers pay for it; emergency alerts aren't revenue generating.
>
> In other words, only rich people deserve to be warned.
>
> Poor people.... Well, I guess they are poor and don't buy enough stuff
> from advertisers to be considered "revenue generating."
>
> Is that why Amazon, Apple and Google don't have emergency alerts as part
> of their "smart devices?"  Good PR move.
>
> Amazon Alexa will alert me as it tracks my package of stuff, but won't
> warn me about the tornado about to destroy my neighborhood.