Internet is the factory in which we work without getting paid

I have read the idea from P.E. Moskowitz and it seems to me frankly extremely perceptive, because I think that happens to most of us.

If we think a bit, practically all the information that is on the Internet is provided by users. The uploading and downloading of the information is done by the users, and the “facilitators” of all this flow (that is, the platforms) are the ones who take the benefits by capturing the data of said users and selling them for marketing purposes.

Marketing changed a long time ago and it is becoming more and more digital.

The digital world is controlled by a few (known to all of us) who are getting bigger every day and making more profits.

Today the Internet is the largest economic engine there is, since almost everything passes through that network and it is almost impossible to ignore it.

There are those who say that the Internet is making us dumber every day because we think less for ourselves. I do not know, but yes it is true that every day people are “hooked” for longer on the “network”.

The last data I have seen indicated that it was 145 minutes per person per day worldwide; which means that many people are hooked during an important part of their daily lives. And that’s not good.

And then there is the paradox that we do something that is not good for us, but we cannot stop doing it. Is it some kind of drug?

For those who do not know, the large Internet platforms dedicate many resources so that people find everything they need in them and do not stop interacting. Because there is the basis of their business.

Returning to the beginning of my reflection, today I publish this Blog (without getting paid as always) thinking about how much someone will earn with it.

The positive part is that I like doing it, and if it works for someone, I’m happy with it. But it doesn’t stop annoying me that someone earns and doesn’t give me anything.

It is the great scam of the “gig economy”, in which a few take advantage of many. Will it ever change?

If they are not forced to, surely not.