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> Google customers are businesses; end users (who CAN switch easily) are the product. I am a Google customer. They provide me with a product (Google) which I p
by jhall1468 9y ago
> Google customers are businesses; end users (who CAN switch easily) are the product.
I am a Google customer. They provide me with a product (Google) which I pay for by allowing Google to display advertisements on the results.
A business is also a Google customer. They pay Google to display ads to a visitors to the website.
But that distinction is moot anyway. Businesses aren't covered by consumer protections because they aren't "consumers".
- bunburying 9y agoI think you're being a bit mischievous with you definition of customer. You're really a user; not a customer. Customers pay. Google is selling your eyeballs to advertisers. Advertises are Google's customers.
- notatoad 9y ago>Customers pay And the important distinction if you want to counter the argument that the person you're replying to is making: Customers pay with money. "paying" with a currency like privacy or convenience isn't actually paying. If you aren't paying for something with money you aren't a customer, you're a user.
- beagle3 9y agoYou are a google consumer/user. You are not a google customer in the usual sense of the word. Rest assured that if you were a google customer, the IRS would want their pound of flesh from that barter exchange you and google are having.