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by sershe 1811 days ago
The people get services that were unimaginable (or expensive and inferior, e.g. dedicated GPS navigators) for free, money-wise. If Google/Facebook/Amazon/... weren't providing value, they wouldn't be making so much money off the people who choose to use them. Tech is actually as close as it gets to literally creating and giving everyone free stuff, as far as the pie goes.