Ad funded freebies (chat,email,video,social etc) over the last 20-30 years have made ppl forget they are free because someone else is paying. Usually with thei

Ad funded freebies (chat,email,video,social etc) over the last 20-30 years have made ppl forget they are free because someone else is paying. Usually with their attention, time or data being stolen. This year for the first time Ad revenues of all the major big tech companies dropped. People are blaming macro economic conditions. But as with the subprime mortgage meltdown freebies are never free forever. The bills are due. New data centers will keep getting built every week no matter what happens right? Wrong. Welcome to the new Attention Economy. Where ppl who think they deserve Free attention are going to discover the real cost of scarce attention.