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Rule #1 of the internet - if you're not a consumer and you're not paying for something, you're actually the product.

• ceejayoz 11y ago
  http://powazek.com/posts/3229 http://powazek.com/posts/3229 > We should all stop saying, “if you’re not paying for the product, you are the product,” because it doesn’t really mean anything, it excuses the behavior of bad companies, and it makes you sound kind of like a stoner looking at their hand for the first time.
  • dragonwriter 11y ago
    Also, because its wrong. In the usual case, you are the supplier of the product, being paid for the supplied product with the "free" service, and recognize that -- rather than viewing yourself as the product -- is more useful because it frames what you should be evaluating: is what you are receiving for the product you are providing worth the cost to you of providing that product.
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  • jMyles 11y ago
    ...but seriously - your hand is awesome.