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I always thought the quote "you're not the customer you're the product" originated with RMS, I went to look it up before I commented and it turns out it was Richard Serra and Carlota Fay Schoolman in 1973! Just as true now as then. https://quoteinvestigator.com/2017/07/16/product/

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Yes, and if the OS maker is not mining you for data, they are leaving mountains of cash on the table. So mine they must and mine they will. The financial incentives are overwhelming.

We should be removing those incentives at every level: legislative, societal, government and private.

Who is paying these mountains of cash? We complain about the vendor, but then stop looking there. Who exactly is paying for your TV via the data that's being farmed?

Data brokers. It's obscene.

https://www.datapods.app/en/blog/consumer/what-your-data-is-...

Also if the OS makers aren't holding a secret letter or two from a TLA and are essentially required to roll over on users I'll eat my hat!

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