You’re free to not use services that use this business model.
Let’s not act as if this prevents them from collecting my data anyway.
My point was that providing a service free of charge means the company pays the costs of the service. Some companies offset this by collecting data and providing ads.
So you agree that these companies earn money despite me not paying them a subscription. Going back to my initial point: Do they lose money if I use their service without paying for it? Answer: No, they don’t. Wasn’t so hard, was it?
I’m not dodging your initial point. Companies compensate you for the data and advertising with free access to the website. The money they earn this way is used to pay for the service they’re providing.
That’s why them paying you a subscription for the data isn’t a thing. You’ve already agreed to the trade.
How about companies have to pay a monthly subscription fee for our data.
A funny comment implying the companies are making unfairly high profits off of their users’ data. Your reply:
They do if you’re using their service without paying for it.
You strike me as someone who understands that it’s impossible to use such services without paying with data. So an appropriate response would be “No, they don’t”. Agreed?
Let’s not act as if this prevents them from collecting my data anyway.
So you agree that these companies earn money despite me not paying them a subscription. Going back to my initial point: Do they lose money if I use their service without paying for it? Answer: No, they don’t. Wasn’t so hard, was it?
Apparently it’s hard to understand that running a website costs money.
If I were to state the obvious and acknowledge that running a website costs money, would you in return stop dodging my initial point too?
I’m not dodging your initial point. Companies compensate you for the data and advertising with free access to the website. The money they earn this way is used to pay for the service they’re providing.
That’s why them paying you a subscription for the data isn’t a thing. You’ve already agreed to the trade.
Great, we agree that these companies aren’t profiting off of monthly subscriptions but data collection instead. Allow me to rewind:
@harmbugler@piefed.social said:
A funny comment implying the companies are making unfairly high profits off of their users’ data. Your reply:
You strike me as someone who understands that it’s impossible to use such services without paying with data. So an appropriate response would be “No, they don’t”. Agreed?
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