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That's the problem with "Free": you might end up being the one who pays for it.
by byrneseyeview 17y ago
That's the problem with "Free": you might end up being the one who pays for it.
- mlinsey 17y agoI love mint and would much, much rather pay a monthly fee for it than have them sell information about me, even anonymized information.
- vaksel 17y agoA paid service would end up selling their data eventually too. Its too valuable stream of revenue to ignore.
- byrneseyeview 17y agoThe difference is that a paid service can survive without selling something. With a free service that isn't offered by a charity, they need to generate revenue at some point. You just have to figure out what they're going to sell. My guess is that Mint won't really do this. But it's an important risk; I'd feel way better about them having my data if someone out there was paying $5/month to use Mint.
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