Re:Ask HN: Gmail account security
by 1vuio0pswjnm7 on Monday January 24, 2022 @04:06PM
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"Regardless I agree with other comments to the effect that even if you are paying, you are often still the product!"
The anaylsis needs to go further than whether one is paying or not. IMHO.
It is not rare to see HN commenters who appear to believe that the act of paying some "user fee" to a "tech" company that willfully caters to advertising, devotes almost all of its resources toward catering to advertisers, and derives almost all its revenue from advertising services, is somehow meaningful.
The anaylsis needs to go further than whether one is paying or not. IMHO.
It is not rare to see HN commenters who appear to believe that the act of paying some "user fee" to a "tech" company that willfully caters to advertising, devotes almost all of its resources toward catering to advertisers, and derives almost all its revenue from advertising services, is somehow meaningful.