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> If a service is monetized with ads, then the user is the product false. The derived data and access to eyeballs is the product. The user is a resource for cr
by devmunchies 6y ago
> If a service is monetized with ads, then the user is the product
false. The derived data and access to eyeballs is the product. The user is a resource for creating the product.
Some analogies:
- Cows are not the product, milk is the product. Cows are a resource/asset.
- Prostitutes are not the product, sex is the product. The women are resources.
I feel this more accurately dehumanizing than simply stating users are the product.
- 8note 6y agoI don't think the eyeballs are the product. Eyeballs don't need to be advertised to because they don't spend money
- Nasrudith 6y agoSpending money is the assumption but that is unworkable as a metric for a third party. Far easier to say you did your part with x views than whatever janky curve on attributed sales would result in.