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Re: Cogent - Google - HE Fun


From: Chris Adams <cma () cmadams net>
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 10:24:11 -0600

Once upon a time, Owen DeLong <owen () 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.

-- 
Chris Adams <cma () cmadams net>


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