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I've never fully understood the concept of " if you don't pay for the product, you are the product", when it did the rounds a couple of years ago. Like, does th
by NoPicklez 5y ago
I've never fully understood the concept of " if you don't pay for the product, you are the product", when it did the rounds a couple of years ago. Like, does this just magically mean that if I pay for something they're not also doing the same thing anyway?
It would be "You are the product" regardless of whether you pay or not.
- quantified 5y agoLike ads on cable tv. You paid for cable at the beginning to get an ad-free experience. Then you got ads anyway.
- netizen-936824 5y agoThis is why I have no iaauea about running ad blocking tech. I'm just getting ahead of the game on shit I've already paid for Maybe putting profit incentives in literally everything in life is a bad idea ??
- quantified 5y agoAgreed. Many unfortunate things arise from it, especially when the needle moves from basic interests to flat-out greed. Pervasive removal would be a seismic social shift. The “common wealth” was a capitalist concept at one time.
- hyperman1 5y agoIt needs a caveat. If you're paying, you still might be the product. Or even: Only if you're paying there is a chance you're not the product.