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Originally Posted by fjtorres
"If you're not the customer, you're the product."
You'd think that after Google, Facebook, et al, the message would've gotten through.
TINSTAAFL!
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No such thing as a free lunch? Tell that to Amazon, Google, Facebook, et al.
And what do want people to do? Lie down and think of England?
You're right that this turn of events shouldn't have surprised anyone, but there's no reason they should be happy with it, either. Internet communications were posed as an alternative to Big Ol' Media, where big corporations had final say and where information was & is subordinated to the market. As it turns out the internet is pretty much the same -- only instead of paid professionals putting on the show, you are -- and paying for the privilege!