Think these social media companies are giving you things for free?

Then you're an idiot.

You and your data are their product - it's what makes them profit.

And they will abuse you and that for as long as they can get away with it.

You know things are bad when a regulatory body in the US capitalist system is launching actions against them. Case in point -

https://news.yahoo.com/the-ftc-wants-to-ban-meta-from-profiting-from-kids-data-180720686.html

 

The FTC wants to ban Meta from profiting from kids' data

The agency says the company has failed to comply with a 2020 privacy order.

A ban?

That's honestly far from enough based on the past  -> context here.