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Never accept free things, there's always a cost!

If it is free, you are the product (Photo: iStock)

I came across a poster with three important lessons in life, which I will expound, on with my experiences from my early and present life.

One, when one subscribes to a company that offers streaming service and production so as to watch films and TV series at a fee of Sh5, 000, this is not the cost of streaming but costs to the subscriber's time.

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