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Originally Posted by darryl
The problems you describe, at least in this case, occurred because you simply did not make your point. And, quite frankly, getting you to make your point was like extracting teeth. Stating that Duckie is not a customer makes no real point, unless you also state that you consider this means "Google is more focused on pleasing their paying customers". Otherwise, it not only invites but requires that others read between the lines to ascertain what point you are trying to make.
I appreciate that it is difficult to be one of a few dissenting voices on an issue, and quite frankly you and I seem to have different opinions on virtually everything so far. But it is not personal. These forums would be very boring without different views. I value your contributions (though some more than others). Members are here because of a common love of books and reading, which can sometimes be forgotten. I think you will find that if you check your posts to see that you have made the points you wish to make clearly and explicitly you will have less "strawman" difficulties in the future.
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Some of you guys are worse than one of my ex-girlfriends. Every little statement has to be analyzed and dissected for hidden meanings and points. Every statement doesn't have a hidden point or meaning.
The real point to the statement is that if you aren't paying for it, then you aren't the customer. Being the customer and what that involves has different implications for different people and different companies and is a totally different discussion. Ducky said that he was the customer, I said that since he isn't paying he isn't the customer in Google's eyes. What Ducky's expectations as a customer are, I don't know and rather imagine are quite different than mine. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.