If the product is free, the user is the product
Wait… I’m not paying for Lemmy…
You’re not paying but someone is. The servers aren’t running for free.
… Fuck
Also not paying for LibreOffice, Linux and Gimp.
I don’t think this applies to non-profit stuff
It’s taking your milk for dairy product replacements
I get the privilege of personalized ads that try to get my dopamine going by playing into my psyche.
Wait, I just described drugs.
A drug that keeps changing to give me the best high.
Truly utopian, finally a drug to rule them all.
Heroin is so much better.
You get to use it for free instead of paying $20 a month.
Which is ironic because if they mixed to a subscription no one would use it
I wouldn’t go as far as to claim no one would
I used to have a Facebook account… I’m not even sure how many ago it was that I left it behind:-P.
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Isn’t the profit a few dozen dollars per user per year?
Same as TV has done for 70 years and radio for a 100.
You get entertainment, the company sells your attention. If you don’t like it you don’t use it.
Exactly the same model as reddit as well, with the addition of useless internet points in exchange of content to fuel the entertainment.
Llama enabled open source Llm. And I actually like my Quest VR with Sidequest.
It’s like; there are some raisins in the Shitcake.
Seems like this kinda post keeps on being published like we’re all suddenly understanding how the world works
I get the chance to buy a bunch of awesome goods I didn’t even know I wanted.
Meta makes more products than Facebook. What other than a communication platform does this person want in return for paying nothing?
A communication platform? Really? You’re gonna tell me you find it difficult to communicate if you uninstall Facebook from your fucking PHONE? You know, from the actual communication platform?
Fuck outta here with these shitty door-to-door salesman tactics.
Meta offers products, which are communication platforms. I didn’t imply they have a monopoly on communication. What are you even talking about?
