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  • So you agree with my initial point then? I literally said "You give them data by using their service. They then earn money with that data."

  • An elegant way of saying no

  • If I were to state the obvious and acknowledge that running a website costs money, would you in return stop dodging my initial point too?

  • You’re free to not use services that use this business model.

    Let's not act as if this prevents them from collecting my data anyway.

    My point was that providing a service free of charge means the company pays the costs of the service. Some companies offset this by collecting data and providing ads.

    So you agree that these companies earn money despite me not paying them a subscription. Going back to my initial point: Do they lose money if I use their service without paying for it? Answer: No, they don't. Wasn't so hard, was it?

  • You're implying that this is about small businesses. Big corporations don't compare with a gas station. They make ridiculously large amounts of money off of ignorance, apathy, corruption, or us being too distracted by struggling to survive.

  • So do they or do they not lose money if I use their service without paying for it?

  • No, they don't. You give them data by using their service. They then earn money with that data.

  • "One of those flat half-height pieces is interfering with the shield generator, sir!"

    "Can't you remove it?"

    "I tried but it's really stuck and now my fingernail hurts!

  • Welcome to Lemmy :), you'll fit right in lmao

  • Nice specs, nice setup. You might want to add another rainbow sticker or two, just in case :p

  • TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world

    Welcome to Starfeet Academy

  • Haven't watched it yet but am looking forward to more unconventional sitting

  • In case somebody wanted confirmation. Maybe don't visit the page with Javascript enabled.

  • What are you gonna do, call the canon police? That actually sounds scary, I apologize.

  • That was a bad spring, see you next fall

  • TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world

    There is no humour in numbers

  • memes @lemmy.world

    La-di-da

  • "Break Stuff" is what you were looking for tbf

  • Have you checked your local relationharbour

  • Maybe because you misread the memo and went through Methamorphosis instead?

  • Run.

    Jump
  • No hurry, it clearly hasn't fully recharged yet

  • These words feel like they make sense but I don't believe in categories so who cares what they mean.

  • memes @lemmy.world

    Let's explore the Brain Slug planet

  • cats @lemmy.world

    A very influential house of cats (ca. 1870s)

  • TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world

    Early Borg vessel prototypes

  • Lemmy @lemmy.ml

    Dear tooltip, the image is already expanded. Respectfully, a pedant.

  • TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world

    Prepare to exhale softly

  • TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world

    Celebrating my first hand-crafted gif

  • memes @lemmy.world

    Sure, you go there to get changed but ...

  • TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world

    One of my favourite episodes

  • TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world

    Donde esta la Bat'leth

  • TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world

    Oops

  • TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world

    Rock, Paper, Seven

  • HistoryMemes @lemmy.ml

    A sacrifice the economy is willing to make

  • TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world

    Captain's Log

  • Programmer Humor @programming.dev

    Thanks server, very useful