I opened Spotify this morning to be greeted by a modal popup with a “sponsored recommendation”.
Why am I seeing ads if I’m already paying for the premium plan!? 😑
If you’re not paying you are the product. If you ARE paying you are STILL the product. This is how big tech works.
You become the product with name, address, and payment details attached to the account for improved demographic data for them to collect. Win win.
The lesson is that corporations will take, take, take no matter what. They will never honor any kind of social contract, and will always abuse anyone and everyone for profit to the maximum extent they are able.
So stop letting them take advantage of you.
Unless, usually, they are a not for profit organization.
Even then. Look at the way they pay people and treat volunteers…
I agree that there are also organizations from this kind
