If you’re reading this for free you’re kind of a sucker. Every search you type that leads here, every click you make, every time you “like” an article on Facebook, share something with friends, and write a Social Media post that gets traction — you’re making money for a big tech company. So why aren’t you getting a piece of the pie?

To answer this, we need to understand how the internet is free, who gains from this model, what’s the price and who pays it, and what we can do to change the way the internet makes money so that more people benefit from it.

Read the full article here: https://blog.coolcousin.com/should-get-paid-to-use-internet/

Danielle Zilberberg is Cool Cousin’s head of content. She is a former journalist and humanities scholar.