Link Harvest: Why No One Really Quits Google or Facebook

 https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/04/why-no-one-really-quits-google-or-facebook/

This is the "free stuff" explanation. I personally thing it is nonsense. It may finally prod me to write a piece I've been trying to do for over a year.

How Silicon Valley Puts The Con In "Consent."

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/02/opinion/internet-facebook-google-consent.html?utm_campaign=Newsletters&utm_source=sendgrid&utm_medium=email&mc_cid=b7e887cdb1&mc_eid=bf11efc24c ;