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Comment by hk1337

6 months ago

It's kind of the same reason Google does it. There's a saying about this that I do not recall how it is phrased but it's something to the effect of, if you're not paying for it you're the product.

You're the guinea pig to help them make the product better for paying clients and to help them market the product usefulness to those that pay.

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