I was not trying to reiterate what you said, my apologies that in came off that way. After re-reading the code project section of my post I can see that was a reiteration however the Google angle is not. In today's society it seems people are more and more willing to give out information about themselves knowingly or unknowingly depending on if people actually read terms and conditions. Everyone may place a different value on their private information and/or private discussions with others. For me I shy away from free services that rely to heavily upon my private information as a way to make their revenue.

Your example of google is not necessarily true. Google is not free as you give up your privacy for them to search and then provide ads from companies based on those searches. So in reality they get paid twice once by your information and secondly by the companies wanting to advertise to you. The code project does allow free access to code, but they do that to drive up user base so that it is more attractive to advertise on. Which is then paid by other companies, unless of course they have a free advertising agreement. In this regard the advertising costs get wrapped back into the product costs which eventually a user may buy from an ad on this site or via the newsletter. So in essence there is no free, often times what appears to be free is just a matter of passing the cost to the ultimate purchaser. Just a thought...