Why Google and Facebook are free
Introducing Big Data
It belongs to you, but you don’t make a nickel from it
Have you ever wondered why Google and Facebook and other Internet services are free?
Now consider this: These companies that give their services for “free” are now the richest companies on earth.
Guess who is the source of all this value?
You!
Your personal information has become a commodity – a commodity that you make nothing from at all.