[dragonwriter]

> Are chickens in the farm also customers?

Chickens in a farm aren't situated similarly, with respect to the farm, as users are with respect to Google services.

Chickens can't freely choose a different farm, or to use no farm at all.

[eveningcoffee]

So if chickens could choose a farm, they would become customers?

In addition - open air held chickens could run away but they choose not to.

[vinceguidry]

Do Google users get slaughtered? I mean, that is why it's undesirable to be a chicken in a chicken farm, right? If it weren't for that, then choosing the farm you are on would be quite the desirable ability.

What if all that happened on chicken farms was one of their feathers got plucked once in awhile?

[eveningcoffee]

I was considering the kind of farm that produces eggs, so being slaughtered was not in the picture.

So the question is - what are the sufficient conditions for a chicken to be raised to the customer status from the equipment status?