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That's the basis for any business model where you are the product.


> That's the basis for any business model where you are the product.

True but most times, when you are the product, the service is free. In this case you pay for the service.


They do offer relatively inexpensive solutions, though. And LinkedIn is a good example of a business whose revenues are largely made from sharing and harvesting data from both paid and free users for the benefit of some of those paying users, and some third parties, too.

Vultr is just even cheekier than LinkedIn.

Who's to say if they'll actually act on this, but them setting themselves up to legally do this is all a bit gross.




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