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Originally Posted by pwalker8
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.
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In my view what you say above is not what your post conveyed, particularly in the context of replying to a post saying Google (and Amazon) are good for their customers. To post that you are not a customer in those circumstances without also implying that Google is not good for the author of the post you are replying to would, once again in my opinion, require an express disclaimer with your post, or failing this a prompt clarification. I don't know if there is anyone reading this thread who interpreted your post in the way you say above you intended it, though I doubt it. I simply suggest, in the interests of avoiding these continual "strawman" arguments, that you check your posts with an eye to whether they do in fact convey your views accurately to those reading. Also, if others respond to your posts answering arguments you did not make and the like, consider whether the fault lies with them or with a lack of clarity in your post.
Finally, let's call an end to the discussion of customers and products.