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- Derek Powazek
"If you're not paying for the product, you are the product." I don't know who said it first, but the line has achieved a kind of supernatural resonance online. And for good reason - it describes a kind of modern internet company that provides a free service. These businesses are designed to aggregate a large number of users in order to sell that audience's aggregate attention, usually in the form of advertising. But the more the line is repeated, the more it gets on my nerves.
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@dannysullivan: I’m Not The Product, But I Play One On The Internet http://t.co/crAuVQr9 - very pushback on "you're the product" from @fraying
@radar: "Assuming that because you pay means that things will be better is a very bad idea" - @fraying http://t.co/MbOMM13e
@jowyang: Nailed it. @fraying writes in response to Instagram "I’m Not The Product, But I Play One On The Internet" http://t.co/nr1MOcOF
@davewiner: Still true, and meaningful: "If you're not paying for the product, you are the product." http://t.co/dJL8tMBd
@Techmeme: I'm Not The Product, But I Play One On The Internet (@fraying) http://t.co/zn9Qzp7c http://t.co/i7AQI47p
@hrheingold: Next time someone says “If you’re not paying for the product, you are the product” to you, send them here:
http://t.co/Hn7gRTV7
@om: Next time someone says “If you’re not paying for the product, you are the product” to you, send them here:
http://t.co/Hn7gRTV7
