An argument that companies should pay users for their data
The media portrayal of the tech world would be more impactful if it weren&#x27;t so hyperbolic, dramatized, and skewed. There are myriad valid complaints about the tech world, but Facebook paying you for you posting your photos is not one of them.<p>Facebook is free. Google search is free. 15gb of gmail&#x2F;google drive is free. You get those free, truly amazing services for nothing because the companies found ways to generate value from the data being gathered. The cost to maintain that infrastructure and provide those great services is pretty high and has taken some brilliant engineers years of sweat. (I don&#x27;t work for either so I&#x27;m not tooting my own horn, just giving credit where I believe credit is due)<p>I think as it currently stands (collect data on me and I get free 99.99% uptime, cloud available services for email, cloud drive, and social networking) is a pretty sweet deal.