Users vs Customers Debate
Discussions revolve around distinguishing between users and paying customers, often highlighting that users of a service or product are not the real customers and might instead be the product themselves.
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Customers and potential customers if it pleases you.
Users? sure, customers?... probably not.
Nice for whom? You're not the customer.
Makes me wonder how they define 'customers'
Ever heard of customers? It doesn't work that way.
Clients/Customers are other people
If you're not a customer, you're the product.
But you ain't the customer
Who are these customers you're talking to? Seems like everyone and their mom is a 'customer'.
I think they in the parent comment means customers.