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It's astonishing that the value is so high. I use the internet on N devices for probably 12h a day and I can't imagine I'm worth even a positive amount anywhere
by alkonaut 6y ago
It's astonishing that the value is so high. I use the internet on N devices for probably 12h a day and I can't imagine I'm worth even a positive amount anywhere.
I max out free tiers of OneDrive/DropBox etc, use my free minutes of build time at the dev sites, I use some social media features but I browse Twitter and reddit on custom apps that don't show any ads. I never ever click an ad in an article or search no matter how interesting or relevant.
So if since I'm a net loss, that means that for everyone who is like me, there has to be someone who is an even larger gain for these companies. I have all of those services (Google, fb, twitter) and I'm still pretty sure I provide a negative revenue for all of them. So Someone needs to provide the revenue I don't. It's a scary amount. My internet activity is subsidized by someone who must be doing a scary amount of clicking on the sponsored google results, or something.
- danbruc 6y agoI wouldn't say the amount is that high, it's like $50 per month and that in comparison to all the value one gets out of the internet. Sure, things like Wikipedia or some YouTube channels have other revenue streams like donations that are nor accounted for and paid tiers probably subsidize free tiers, but still. And also in comparison to the prices of individual subscriptions for Netflix or YouTube Premium or a news paper like The Guardian which are each often on the order of $10 per month.