[governance] Re: reality check on economics

[Avri Doria]

On 20 May 2012, at 05:49, Fouad Bajwa wrote:

> And free services is not the real product, its a means to the product,
> that is with gmail, I can be accessed and if I can be accessed, my
> virtual presence as a gmail account can be sold to advertisers and
> content marketers.


And for people like me who live in a place where i have a choice, I am aware of the fact that I am paying for these service with my privacy and think about it every-time i click agreement to the terms.

the problem is when there is no other choice;

Where are the FOOS solutions?  And why don't we use them?

avri
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