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Re:Why I hate Google, or some thoughts about “open” technolo... by mbz on Saturday January 31, 2015 @01:46PM (#8977575)
I think you meant "free" by "open". In that case, just remember that "if something is free you are the product".
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Re:Why I hate Google, or some thoughts about “open” technolo... by Oletros on Saturday January 31, 2015 @01:50PM (#8977589)
Apart that the "you're the product" is a fallacy, golang, AOSP, etc are not only free, they are open source
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Re:Why I hate Google, or some thoughts about “open” technolo... by mbz on Saturday January 31, 2015 @02:17PM (#8977679)
how that's a fallacy? Google's cash cow is its ad platform.
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Re:Why I hate Google, or some thoughts about “open” technolo... by Oletros on Thursday February 05, 2015 @11:37AM (#9004131)
And the product is ad space, not the user using the service
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