> If you're not paying for the product, you are the product. > Even paid products do this kind of stuff these days. Yes, if you pay for the product, then not

> If you're not paying for the product, you are the product. > Even paid products do this kind of stuff these days. Yes, if you pay for the product, then not only are you still the product, but you're a sucker as well. It's not quite that stark, but I don't see why a company would truly change its business model just because they charge a fee. It's too tempting to "do something with all this data," i.e. treat all consumer software as spyware.