Re: <nettime> Handoko Suwono: Facebook paves its way to IPO

[marc garrett <marc.garrett@furtherfield.org>]

Hi Michael,

It seems to me that it is not capitalism at issue here, more those who 
introduce frameworks in the guise of something else - a wolf in sheep's 
clothing. You do not necessarily have to be capitalist to exploit 
others, but it helps :-)

marc

> In other words, because the Facebook service is free for users, we are  
> working for the company. But if users paid for the service, as say  
> with telephone service,  we would not be working for the company? This  
> is illogical. We are no more working for Facebook than for any other  
> service we use.
>
> One may criticize capitalism, but still try not to be nonsensical.
>
> Best,
> Michael
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