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It's not free if they expect for you to pay for it in time, privacy, and bandwidth. Presenting it as free while still trying to extract value from the recipient
by Philadelphia 11y ago
It's not free if they expect for you to pay for it in time, privacy, and bandwidth. Presenting it as free while still trying to extract value from the recipient is where the ethical murkiness comes in.
- forthefuture 11y agoActually that is what free is. Just like Facebook and Google, Microsoft can very clearly and truthfully claim that their product is free if and only if they do not charge you money to use it.
- opnitro 11y agoIt's free in the strict sense that you are not exchanging money for it. While that is perfectly legal, people are saying that you pay in a different way.