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Old 11-07-2011, 07:32 PM  
Barefootsies
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When are people going to get a fucking clue. Nothing in this world is fucking free.

Any company providing you a "free" website or service is making money in some way off you. Whether it is emailing you offers, jamming ads in your face, cross/up sells, selling your information to third parties, installing god knows what on downloads, or data mining your habits for any countless number of uses both short and long term company gain. My personal favorite is the social network business model where you get people to think something is cool, and spread the word (i.e. free labor) to build up your traffic or site for them. People who honestly think they are getting something for "free" are complete fools. Nothing is free. However, few seem to be able to see the forest through the trees.

Whether corporate America, or intelligent webmasters, they know information is power.

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