If You're Not Paying for the Product, You Are... Possibly Just Consuming Goodwill for Free
How many times have you heard the old adage about how nothing in life is free: > If you're not paying for the product, you are the product Facebook. LinkedIn. TikTok. But this isn't an internet age thing, the origins go back way further, originally being used to describe TV viewers being served ads [https://www.quora.com/Who-originally-suggested-that-if-youre-not-paying-for-the-product-you-are-the-product] . Sure, TV was "free" in that you don't pay to watch it (screwy UK TV licenses aside), bu...