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> You have paid 0 for the use of Google's servers and their software. > unfortunately you aren't the customer, although you might feel differently and they've
by Chaebixi 9y ago
> You have paid 0 for the use of Google's servers and their software.
> unfortunately you aren't the customer, although you might feel differently and they've definitely marketed things in a misleading way.
That's a false distinction. I paid for the product, which includes the hardware and the software they decided to integrate. I'm their customer. However, Google will still try to trick me into shadow-working for them and give me no help when their system misbehaves, because they don't know how to deal with human user-customers.
Basically, not that "I'm not a customer" it's that Google treats its customers badly.
- sbrm1 9y agoActually, you didn't pay for the software. The open source parts of Android do not cost you anything, and the commercial components are free to use as long as you have a Google account.