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As some hn reader pointed out -- and I wish I remembered his or her name -- if you aren't paying for it, you are the product. fb is going to continue to aggres
by earl 16y ago
As some hn reader pointed out -- and I wish I remembered his or her name -- if you aren't paying for it, you are the product.
fb is going to continue to aggressively monetize the information people have given them. I'd wager Zuckerberg thinks he is running a $20+ billion dollar company, and all that money is going to come from using your information to sell you to advertisers.
- po 16y agoMight have been me… I was talking about Google then but it's the same thing here and it's important to remember. The customers of these companies are the advertisers: Most of us are not Google's customers. We are the raw materials google uses to fabricate a product to sell. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1455098 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1455098
- tapp 16y agoWas actually from MeFi, I believe (and I agree that it's a fantastically succinct observation): "If you are not paying for it, you're not the customer; you're the product being sold." http://www.metafilter.com/95152/Userdriven-discontent http://www.metafilter.com/95152/Userdriven-discontent