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> free as in puppy Which one is actually free? You're paying by sharing your life with them to sell for other purposes. Your purchases, search history, private
by imglorp 7y ago
> free as in puppy
Which one is actually free? You're paying by sharing your life with them to sell for other purposes. Your purchases, search history, private conversations, even bedroom talk are all ongoing amortized payments for that puppy.
- chipotle_coyote 7y agoThat's what "free as in puppy" stems from: the puppy is technically free, but there are a lot of other costs involved. It was originally coined, AFAIK, to suggest than even "free as in speech" free software can have a lot of other costs associated with it, but I think it applies to free services that get their revenue by showing you ads, aggregating and monetizing your data, or both.