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Stupid title, every free service sells user data.

• ronilan 9y ago
  False assertion. I once operated a free service with 10Ks of users. When I sold it I refused to sell the user data. This dropped the value of the transaction to a fraction of the original offer. So, maybe a lot of, but not every.
  • stochastic_monk 9y ago
    Bravo, good sir! The world needs more people like you. A friend asked why I was in computer science if I thought so many tech companies were doing evil things. My answer was that being a conscientious objector, I might be able to make a difference. Thank you for showing it can be done.
• cgb223 9y ago
  Or they offer their service for free until they hit a critical mass of users, then start charging knowing x% will stick around
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• dang 9y ago
  Not this one.
  • lwansbrough 9y ago
    Touché.
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