No it doesn't. I agree that Facebook might benefit from my signing up with them but, in return, I am not worse off, neither in money spend, goods remitted nor work done. The fact that companies pass on there listing fees would happen whether or not I signed up. A win-win situation.. If I resigned from Facebook would my beer and chips cost less? I think not= .. Where does the money you mention come from? Essentially from people who are simple minded enough to be influenced by the puerile advertising which those companies who advertise on the Social networks and TV. On 1 May 2014 17:10, Richard R. Pope wrote: > David, > Everything costs something. I don't use the word 'ever' very often > but this is one of those times. You may feel like it is free but it > isn't. What the companies have to pay to be listed is passed on to the > consumer in the cost of the goods that you buy. There is no such thing > as a free lunch. Stop and think about where the money to pay for the > electricity, servers, taxes, insurance, payroll, etc, etc, etc comes > from to keep google, yahoo, and all of the so called free places running. > Thanks, > rich! > > On 5/1/2014 10:59 AM, David C Brown wrote: > > Of course it is free. The user gets a service without parting with cas= h > or > > goods or working for it. That, in English, is the definition of free. > The > > fact that the provider gains a benefit from offering the free service > does > > not make it non-free. > > > > And, like all free services, you get what you pay for :-) > > > > > > On 1 May 2014 14:12, James Cameron wrote: > > > >> On Thu, May 01, 2014 at 09:15:13PM +1200, RussellMc wrote: > >>> The first failure was Facebook's "fault"*. > >>> When I stepped to the last page in album it did not update the > >>> URL. It always used to. This may be new behaviour, today's behavior, > >>> Win8.1 showing its displeasure at the number of Google tabs I have > >>> open (it enters random refuse mode) or "something else". > > > > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 __________________________________________ David C Brown 43 Bings Road Whaley Bridge High Peak Phone: 01663 733236 Derbyshire eMail: dcb.home@gmail.com SK23 7ND web: www.bings-knowle.co.uk/dcb --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .