I wonder if that will have unintended consequences.
It might inadvertently assign a price to the data collected.
It also shows a direct discrimination against poor and/or young people who might not afford the service.
It might inadvertently assign a price to the data collected.
It also shows a direct discrimination against poor and/or young people who might not afford the service.
As opposed to what, treating everybody badly? McDonalds discriminates between people who can afford a Big Mac and people who can't, and that's not a problem.
If you don't have the money to buy a big mac, you either eat a cheeseburger on the dollar menu or go home and cook a burger yourself.
If you don't have the money for the software library, you either choose a lesser library, or go write your own.
A larger problem however is many are considering the internet a fundamental human right, which it isn't. Might be nice to have, but a fundamental right it is not.
Average revenue per user is around $25 for global users.
This brings up a related issue that not all users are equal. Even in non-data mining business models, you still have some segment of the users subsidizing another.