šØšØšØ How Meta and Other Companies Sell Us Like Digital Livestock šØšØšØ Yāall ever wonder how Meta (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp) stays rich when their apps are āfreeā? Spoiler alert: WE are the product. Hereās the game they play: 1ļøā£ Meta collects EVERYTHING. Your likes, searches, DMs, time spent on posts, what makes you pause, what you scroll pastāALL of it gets tracked. 2ļøā£ They package that data. Meta builds an eerily accurate profile of who you are, what you like, what you MIGHT like, and even what you lowkey fear. 3ļøā£ Advertisers pay top dollar for it. They donāt just buy ads; they buy access to YOU. They can target you down to your age, gender, location, income, habits, and even your emotions. 4ļøā£ Companies buy and sell this data. Itās a whole economy. Data brokers buy up your digital footprint and resell it to banks, insurance companies, employers, political campaignsāwhoever got the bag. Real Talk: Ever searched for something and suddenly got ads for it? Thatās your data working against you. Ever talked about a product and it showed up in your feed? Your phone aināt ālisteningāāthe algorithm just KNOWS you better than you know yourself. They donāt need your nameāthey got your behavior. And behavior is more valuable than identity. So, what can you do? ā
Use privacy settings (They still tracking you, but at least make āem work for it). ā
Limit third-party apps & permissions (No, that quiz app donāt need access to your contacts). ā
Be mindful of what you share (Once itās out there, itās out there). ā
Support platforms that respect privacy (They exist, but they aināt mainstream for a reason). This digital world aināt free, fam. Either we pay with our money or we pay with our data. And right now? We paying with our souls.
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