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There's an old adage that I go by–if you're not paying for a product, you are the product.
by swang720 8y ago
There's an old adage that I go by–if you're not paying for a product, you are the product.
- wruza 8y agoLikely, but the inverse may be not true.
- dqpb 8y agoLike The New York Times, where you pay, and they serve you ads, and they collect your data.
- taneq 8y agoI find it so frustrating when people trot out the "if you're no the customer, you're the product" about Android and then claim that it's impossible for Apple to monetize your data just because you also paid through the nose for that shiny iPhone.
- beagle3 8y agoI have never seen anyone claim that Apple cannot monetize your data; only that, at present, they do not.
- snomad 8y agoI guess. But Windows 10 and Amazon Echo are bought and paid for products that seem to be joining the spy-on-you-game.
- walrus01 8y agoWindows 10 is basically free considering it comes on $100 tablets now, and you can easily buy OEM win10 home licenses on eBay for $6. And the fact that they upgraded all win7 users to win10 for "free". Microsoft expects to make money from office365 subscriptions, xbox game store purchases, azure, etc.
- juststeve 8y ago'etc.' == your data?
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- vkou 8y agoIf you're paying for a product, you are the product, too. Merchants, banks, credit card companies, utilities, etc, routinely sell your transaction info up the river.