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[–] wedge@lemmy.one 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

At this point if you don't know you're the product if the product is free, then chances are good you're not going to know. Welcome to Costco, I love you.

[–] BrikoX@lemmy.zip 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Forget "if the product is free". You are a product even if you pay subscriptions these days. They still track all your activity and then sell it or use it to train AI models that they will make you pay for again.

[–] autonomoususer@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

How does Lemmy, Tor or Signal make us the product?

Paying never works. Libre software does.

[–] zap12344@feddit.it 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

“Companies don’t make you the product because you don’t pay — they make you the product because you can’t stop them“

[–] autonomoususer@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Because some of us let them. Paying never works. Libre software does.