Social media used to be free. Not anymore.
https://www.vox.com/recode/2023/2/21/23609375/meta-verified-twitter-blue-checkmark-badge-instagram-facebook
You used to pay for social media with your eyeballs. Now Meta and Twitter want your money, too.
“If you’re not paying for the product, you are the product” has long been a common refrain about the business of social media.