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Originally Posted by darryl
I think one of my favourite passages from Alice in Wonderland is instructive here:
Since no one is "to be master" precision is important. And when. as seems to happen frequently, you claim to be misquoted, a little bit of grace in pointing out what you meant to convey would be nice (though not of course compulsory).
What you apparently meant to say, according to your own later post, is that:
"if you are not paying for something, then you are the product, not the customer."
I don't agree with this statement, but it is pointless to get into an argument about it. It obviously derives any semblance of coherence from this particular situation where Google sells the data it gathers, and can not stand as a general principle. Nevertheless, what is the relevance of being a "customer" or a "product"? Since you have not elaborated on this point, I can only guess, and do so at the peril of your future "strawman" allegation if my guess is not to your liking.
Let us assume, for the sake of argument, that your statement is correct (though it is not). What difference does it make? Are you in fact implying that Google does not treat you as well as it would a customer? If so, in what ways? What point or points are you trying to make?
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Just to note, what I am saying is not that I'm being misquoted, it is that people are assuming some dark implications beyond what I am actually saying. Thus, somehow saying that you are not Google's customer is morphed into Google is evil, or some such nonsense. If I mean to imply that Google is evil, then I will say Google is evil. I'm not real fond of the idea that one has to read between the lines for what I really and truly mean. I tend to either say straight out what I think or not say anything at all. All this hidden meanings that people try claim that I have hidden in my posts is pure projection.