[governance] Re: reality check on economics

[Jeremy Malcolm]

On 20 May, 2012, at 12:40 PM, Guru गुरु <Guru at ITforChange.net> wrote:

> I wonder how Consumers International will view the take that increasingly for the big Internet companies like Google and Facebook, 'we'  (eyeballs) are the product, and the advertising agencies are the real consumers!

Yes, hence the maxim, "If you didn't pay for the product, you are the product."
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