What I find most sad is that most of the people on HN will rail against how evil Google is (or any other company) yet happily use their Open Source code and not complain that they're benefiting from what they claim to despise.
It's really a tragedy of the commons.
Users on average refuse to pay for software/web apps directly so companies have to find other alternative ways to get funding and make money.
People complain about Facebook constantly and how they're selling their data yet these users wouldn't sign up to pay $2-3 per month for Facebook directly.
It's really a tragedy of the commons.
Users on average refuse to pay for software/web apps directly so companies have to find other alternative ways to get funding and make money.
People complain about Facebook constantly and how they're selling their data yet these users wouldn't sign up to pay $2-3 per month for Facebook directly.