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@Michael, that's definitely one reasonable take. But there's another increasingly popular take:

Customers get something for free. In most instances when it comes to Google, we are the product, not...

The sheer audacity to ask the public to volunteer their photos and then help classify them for free is startling. And they'll get away with it, too.

(successful) companies don't charge you based on what an item costs them. They charge what you are willing to pay.