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But FB is not giving anything away for free. They are selling your attention on to advertisers. While it's not a cash transaction between you and FB, it is a
by tux1968 8y ago
But FB is not giving anything away for free. They are selling your attention on to advertisers. While it's not a cash transaction between you and FB, it is a barter agreement with you. It's not correct to cast FB in the role of selfless baker giving away free bread.
- delish 8y agoThe parent's example accounts for this. Gratis, you use Facebook; they sell your information. That's why people, before they hear about Facebook's revenue model, ask, "What's the catch?"
- tux1968 8y agoNo. You use Facebook, they already make money by providing access to your eyeballs to advertisers. Selling your information is an additional take. In either case, all I was saying is that the analogy with a baker giving you food to stay alive for free, is a little too generous to be applied to FB. Maybe it's a bit more like a baker that only gives you free bread once you've come to his store to shake hands and listen to the sales pitch of 10 of his business friends. And then after all that he still quietly spies on you and sells whatever he can glean about you, to people you've never met.