XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: wasbit@REMOVEhotmail.com   
      
   On 01/09/2025 16:04, Marion wrote:   
   > While aphorisms have truth deeply embedded, more often than not they don't.   
   >   "There¢s no such thing as a free lunch."   
   >   "You get what you pay for."   
   >   "Cheap is expensive."   
   >   "If you're not paying for the product, you are the product."   
   >   "When something is free, ask what it's costing you in privacy."   
   >   "Convenience of freeware is just surveillance in disguise."   
   >   "Privacy is dead, and free social media holds the smoking gun."   
   >   
   > What examples of freeware do you feel meet or do not meet these aphorisms?   
   > I'll start.   
   >   
   >   Irfanview meet my freeware & privacy expectations.   
   >   Vpngate.net does not.   
   >   
      
   Free, as in beer, is an idea thought up by those who think they are   
   intellectually superior. In my case they probably are but I'm not dumb   
   enough to fall for their trick.   
      
   Free means free to use at no cost.   
   A free travel pass doesn't entitle you to drive the vehicle.   
      
   --   
   Regards   
   wasbit   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)