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Lots of free things require identifying yourself, like healthcare. Those, just like this free book, are still free.

• speed_spread 2y ago
  Healthcare has expectations of privacy, legally enforceable. Random insert-email-here has expectations of a scale of getting spammed to getting fucked out of your online identity.
  • lelandfe 2y ago
    "If I have to enter my email to get the 'free' book, then the book is not free" was the original assertion. I missed the implied footnote about privacy expectations.
    • speed_spread 2y ago
      You pay, personal information and lost time is the currency.