Achtung: Decentralize, decentralize, decentralize

Re:Achtung: Decentralize, decentralize, decentralize by WorldMaker on Monday March 26, 2018 @03:07PM (#16681547)

First definition via Oxford Dictionaries, emphasis mine:

> a person or organization that buys goods or services from a store or business

You may be confusing the word "customer" with the word "user"?

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Re:Achtung: Decentralize, decentralize, decentralize by d0lph on Monday March 26, 2018 @03:15PM (#16681602)

http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/customer.html

> 1. General: A party that receives or consumes products (goods or services) and has the ability to choose between different products and suppliers. See also buyer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Customer

> In sales, commerce and economics, a customer (sometimes known as a client, buyer, or purchaser) is the recipient of a good, service, product or an idea - obtained from a seller, vendor, or supplier via a financial transaction or exchange for money or some other valuable consideration

I think to me the customer is the one receiving the product, whether or not they have actually spent money.

Also for consideration, "paying customer" and "non-paying customer" are common(?) phrases.

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