• bitwaba@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    It’s the old adage:

    If something is free, you’re the product not the customer.

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      3 months ago

      Right. The users are the product. What do you think happens when a vendor runs out of product?

      Users matter.

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        3 months ago

        only if they earn money. otherwise they’re something you can sell to an advertiser - and that’s the only value they have.