you are still the product even if the service is free.
the good news is you get to choose what kind of product you want to be. if you want to be the exception you are free to do so. follow the rule and you may enjoy life more than searching for the exception to it.
Alright, take Wikipedia for example. It doesn’t sell your data. It’s free. Are you still “the product”? No.
Take a donation that a homeless person might have received. Is the homeless person now “a product”? No.
ho-boy...
YES, if you stop looking for data after only checking Wikipedia you are the product of lazy ignorance -- purchased free of charge.
Now you’re moving the goalposts because you don’t like that I found an exception.
you are still the product even if the service is free.
the good news is you get to choose what kind of product you want to be. if you want to be the exception you are free to do so. follow the rule and you may enjoy life more than searching for the exception to it.