Google and TikTok may seem free, but every click and scroll you make gets packaged into a "user profile" and sold to advertisers. Take Facebook, for example—it makes about $50 per user per year just from their data. In the internet age, if you're not paying for the product, you are the product.
Nice one, from the topic I was thinking it'll be on things beyond monetary value. But back to the context of your write up. Sincerely many persons use social media to pass away time, boredom and sometimes depression. They're not really bothered about how much they pay to use such apps and watch other people entertain them. Many persons have accounts on social media and have never made any post simply because they're spectactors. These engagements makes whiling away time easier and eases their stress even. The owners of contents at least deserve to get paid for helping others ease stress, tension and forget some certain challenges.