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... no?

If it has a ticker and the "product" is free, then you're the product.

But plenty of tech companies exist that make their money by charging for the actual product.

> But plenty of tech companies exist that make their money by charging for the actual product.

And how many of those STILL sell your data, even after paying them?

All of them.

and then you're still the product, They're just charging everyone they can get their grubby hands on.