This is totally unresearched first draft post, so it might contain some gross misunderstandings. I am going to look into the history of that quote and my layman economics and update my notes below at some point.My highly unoriginal observation on the pithy one-liner:
"If you are not paying for the service, then you are the product being sold"Is that it follows that it is in the best interests [1] of you to be a good quality product.
My reasoning follows thusly:
