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Yes, this. If it's free, you're the product. Same reason I pay for Fastmail.
by darrmit 10y ago
Yes, this. If it's free, you're the product. Same reason I pay for Fastmail.
- paulcole 10y agointeresting phrase. did you coin it?
- darrmit 10y agoNo, think I saw it on here first..but it's a pretty powerful phrase.
- majewsky 10y agoI saw it first on this comic: https://www.ethannonsequitur.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/facebook-and-you-pigs.jpg https://www.ethannonsequitur.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/... (not on that site though, I searched for it on Google Images)
- Esau 10y agoMy understanding is that Andrew Lewis first said it. http://www.metafilter.com/95152/Userdriven-discontent#3256046 http://www.metafilter.com/95152/Userdriven-discontent#325604...
- pdimitar 10y agoI fully agree, but I still cynically wonder if there are no insolent companies out there who know that people believe in this sentiment and will make you play PLUS sell your info to 3rd parties. Yep, I am fun at parties.