XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.freeware   
   From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   On Mon, 1 Sep 2025 15:04:37 -0000 (UTC), Marion    
   wrote:   
      
   >While aphorisms have truth deeply embedded, more often than not they don't.   
   > "There³ 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.   
      
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