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Technology Writing

Rene van Belzen

You pay $200 yearly, while big social media platforms on average earn $300 yearly from exploiting a user’s social graph—IOW, by tracking a user’s behavior and selling it to the highest bidding advertiser. Everyone is paying, yet you’re doing it on your terms, since those advertisers have to earn back their money.

Robert Breen

@renevanbelzen Now I feel even better! Thank you!

Rene van Belzen

No problem.

Tom Loughlin

@renevanbelzen This is a very useful and informative stat. Thank you!

Rene van Belzen

@apoorplayer Thanks! It also explains where Meta and Google get their trillions of dollars market capitalization evaluation from, tracking people for money.