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Yeah, I was sad seeing some of the reactions. To each his own. For a student like me, I would gladly take a free resource and won't mind the newsletter.

Maybe OP can also put a donate button for people who don't want to provide their E-Mail and get the book.

Thanks a lot, tpetry!

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The criticism is that it's not honest. "For free" is not correct. It's "book against harvesting your contact data". If that's what the first page would say, then it would be honest and nobody would be upset. But acting as if it's been "published" out of pure altruism is just misleading people, and they are righfully pointing that out.

I took it to mean “free as in beer”

Would you pay money in lieu of providing your real email address? If so, how much?

I’d probably pay $10, that’s worth less to me than my contact info.

Just use a throwaway mail, what's the big deal? Companies already have tons of your private data without you ever even interacting with them. You're just crying into a 50 gallon drum of milk.

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