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If you are not paying for the product... you are the product

• Dylan16807 11y ago
  You pay for windows when you buy a computer. One free update does not invite that stupid cliche. Hint: a lot of companies treat you equally terribly even though you're paying
  • PythonicAlpha 11y ago
    Even when other companies are doing it also, does it make it better? At least until now, you could use a computer and OS without being sold (just don't use some free services and avoid paid products where your data is also sold). But when the OS is also selling your data, you just have no hiding place any more!
    • Dylan16807 11y ago
      I'm not defending Microsoft with that, I'm just attacking the cliche. "Being a product" is mostly unrelated to whether you're paying. Companies are jerks.
      • PythonicAlpha 11y ago
        Ok, thanks for the clarification! > Companies are jerks I fully agree with that! Also with your assertion, that using paid services will automatically help is totally correct, of course.