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In exchange for being a product. Not very different from in exchange for money.



It's completely different. I don't see how you can't make the distinction between paying lots of money for a product and doing what essentially amounts to filling out a survey for a free prize. The comparison is apples and oranges.


I can make the distinction. Although they are obviously different, there is an obvious similarity, the exchange of two valuable thing. Money for a car. Exposure to advertisements and loss of (some) privacy for a service.

Black and white is rare.




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