sound like Lanier hits spirit of our time.
you are not the customer of internet corporations you are their product.
for example facebook is free but you share all your information, pictures preferences, and even sites you visit while Facebook is running behind you.
today we have the generation free of charge- you pay with your data.
Who is the winner?
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Paying with data has the consequence that our economic accounting is inaccurate. All that value that exists "off the books" that Siren servers are using to derive value is not properly being accounted for.
I personally quit most Siren servers, and will continue to wean off of them until I am completely independent of them as much as possible.
for facebook, you are not just a product, but you are mainly a tool that they use to make tons of money while you are not realizing
that's their policy