As the old addage goes: If you're not paying for it, you're the product. Lots of...

qualeed · 2025-07-02T20:46:50 1751489210

Lots of services don't even let me pay if I wanted to, so I am forced to be the product. (Donating typically does not un-productify myself).

Or I pay and am still the product. Just with less in-my-face ads.

aorth · 2025-07-03T06:57:43 1751525863

> Or I pay and am still the product. Just with less in-my-face ads.

Yes, this is enshittification. You pay for Amazon something or other, and they STILL show you ads. Horrible.

slenk · 2025-07-03T00:45:30 1751503530

fwiw, I have been convinced to look at other options