Every now and then we like to flip the model – and the talking points. Seems that the model of tech is freemium. Everyone loves to get stuff for free – no one more than the tech cartel, particularly Facebook and Google. As the Wall Street Journal ( Tech’s Titans Tiptoe Towards Monopoly ) noted, Google and Facebook “benefit from something historically unprecedented: the ability to get users to subsidize them with enormous quantities of free labor. Their systems are fueled by personal information.”
Here’s a thought: since the cartel are such outspoken advocates of Universal Basic Income, let’s make […]
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