johnpolasek wrote:Robert Heinlein said (possibly stole) the term TANSTAAFL in his "Moon is ha Harsh Mistress" novel, which our current culture has seemed to have forgotten, but hopefully will eventually come back into style..
#1, I've always loved Robert Heinlein, one of my all time favorite authors and I re-read him constantly! #2, amen, "There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch".
Facebook = No charge, but most certainly not
FREEGoogle = No charge, but most certainly not
FREEYahoo = No charge, but most certainly not
FREETwitter = No charge, but most certainly not
FREEInstagram = No charge, but most certainly not
FREESnapchat = No charge, but most certainly not
FREEPinterest = No charge, but most certainly not
FREEWhatsapp = No charge, but most certainly not
FREEAlexa
Service = No charge, but might not be
FREEGoogle Assistant
Service = No charge, but might not be
FREEInterestingly, Apple charges a nominal fee for it's services... and they have the strongest privacy policy of all the
"big corporations"... coincidence? One could argue that the Siri
service is free, and therefore might just fall under that "be skeptical" category but when you consider that Apple has become a solid brand because of it's unparalleled ecosystem and that this expands the ecosystem and causes you to buy more overpriced Apple products then it's only free up front but you pay for it in real dollars (versus information & privacy) eventually.