/tags/sparrow/ Recent bookmarks tagged #sparrow Mon, 02 Nov 2026 08:24:54 +0000 http://www.elezea.com/2012/07/sparrow-google-acquisition/ You see, for a long time we’ve chanted this refrain wherever we could: If you’re not paying for it, you’re not the customer; you’re the product being sold. We point to Facebook and Delicious and ad-supported sites and lament the fact that we’re all just a set of eyeballs being sold to advertisers. So we came up with a solution. We decided that we don’t want to be free users any more. We decided that we want to pay independent developers directly so that they can have sustainable businesses and happy lives.<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #business #google #imported:pinboard #indie #software #sparrow #to:fb</p> Wed, 25 Jul 2012 23:35:41 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:32715 business google imported:pinboard indie software sparrow to:fb http://www.elezea.com/2012/07/sparrow-google-acquisition You see, for a long time we’ve chanted this refrain wherever we could: If you’re not paying for it, you’re not the customer; you’re the product being sold. We point to Facebook and Delicious and ad-supported sites and lament the fact that we’re all just a set of eyeballs being sold to advertisers. So we came up with a solution. We decided that we don’t want to be free users any more. We decided that we want to pay independent developers directly so that they can have sustainable businesses and happy lives.<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #business #google #indie #software #sparrow #to:fb</p> Wed, 25 Jul 2012 23:35:41 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:22371 business google indie software sparrow to:fb