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what you call "users" are actually the product. The "users" of google's services are the advertisers.

• richbell 3y ago
  Sure, but that's irrelevant to the matter being discussed.
  • adrianmonk 3y ago
    Usually "you are the product" is a snarky, low-effort comment, but this particular case seems like the rare situation where it actually is directly relevant. If you run a self-service advertising system, then don't advertisers count as users, and don't their ads count as third-party content that the system operator isn't liable for? They may not be your service's only users, and people may not like ads, and ads have a commercial purpose, and advertisers pay for them, but I don't think Section 230 cares about any of those things.
    • fsckboy 3y ago
      "you need to live in a tall building to be able to see who else lives in tall buildings" thank you for recognizing the connection I was making, you are a gentleperson and a scholar.