this post was submitted on 14 Sep 2024
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If the product is free, the user is the product
No, the adverts are the product.
This whole notion that nothing can be free needs to get in the bin.
Linux is free. Who's selling the user data for that?
Lemmy is free, who's the product there?
Yes, Facebook/Meta is a shady fucking company and they are indeed selling your data on top of the ads they sell, but don't lump everything free into the same bucket.
Well said