Ask HN: Does paying for Google mitigate the privacy issues of the free accounts?

1 points by tbirrell 8y ago ↗ HN

We all know that if we are not paying for a product, we are the product. But I was wondering about Google's G-Suite product. If I pay for that, is Google now double-dipping? Or does it offer (at least some) protection against 3rd-party's buying my data?

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Artemix 8y ago ↗

I think that the answer lies in Google's terms and conditions for both free and paid plans, but I'd subjectively go with the double-dipping answer.

Remember: the first part of the text is "If you're not paying, you're the product" but it's closely followed by "but paying doesn't shield you in any way from also being a product".