> The entire premise of free exchange is that I give you my services in exchange for something of value of yours. The problem is that these companies advertise

> The entire premise of free exchange is that I give you my services in exchange for something of value of yours. The problem is that these companies advertise their products as "free," which means something very different. And they usually don't mention at all that they're collecting shit tons of personal data. It's taking advantage of people's ignorance, and it's practically fraud, IMO. Every other business tells the customer up front what the price is, and maybe it's time tech companies started doing the same. Without telling users what data they collect, how much they collect, how they use it, and who they give it to, there's no way for users to make an informed decision.