> On Mar 10, 2016, at 08:24 , Chris Adams <c...@cmadams.net> wrote: > > Once upon a time, Owen DeLong <o...@delong.com> said: >> In fairness, however, this is because he is not Google’s customer, he >> is Google’s product. Google is selling him (well, information about him >> anyway) to their customers. They gather this information by offering >> certain things he wants in exchange for him allowing them to collect >> and redistribute this data. > > False supposition; Google does actually sell services as well. $DAYJOB > pays Google for services, and has paid Cogent for network access.
Not my assumption… Assumption included from Bill Herrin’s message… > Google, by contrast, makes no demand that Cogent pay them even though > you are not paying Google for service. (Underline added for emphasis) Owen
