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6ren
on July 19, 2013
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Ads in Gmail displayed as normal emails?
They are a counter-example: you are not the customer (you aren't paying for it), but you also are not the product.
jpadkins
on July 19, 2013
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Actually, I think you are the product for free software. Think in terms of non-monetary rewards. Developers get satisfaction and sense of achievement from the number of users using their software. So your usage is actually the 'product'.
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