“If you are not paying for it, you’re not the customer; you’re the product being sold.”
Please consider this really carefully:
“If you are not paying for it, you’re not the customer; you’re the product being sold.”
(via blue_beetle on MetaFilter, I believe)
[...] The Known Unknowns, etc. or Ha! a Librarian?!, pt.2 “If you’re not paying for something, you’re not the customer; you’re the product being sold”. – Metafilter user blue_beetle [...]
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[...] So what can you do? Opt out of Google ad profiling and, every few months, check that you stay “opted out.” When Google releases a new product, ask yourself how does it help them make money or better target advertising at you. Understand and educate your friends and family: these free services aren’t really free. When you don’t pay for something, you are the product being sold. [...]
[...] than one person has pointed out during the meteoric rise of Facebook to almost a billion users, if you are not being charged for the service then you are not the customer — you are the produ…. That’s a crude way of putting it, but the thesis is largely correct: since Facebook [...]
[...] than one person has pointed out during the meteoric rise of Facebook to almost a billion users, if you are not being charged for the service then you are not the customer — you are the product t…. That’s a crude way of putting it, but the thesis is largely correct: since Facebook doesn’t [...]
[...] than one person has pointed out during the meteoric rise of Facebook to almost a billion users, if you are not being charged for the service then you are not the customer — you are the product t…. That’s a crude way of putting it, but the thesis is largely correct: since Facebook doesn’t [...]