But am I paying for it when I can just not pay and still get the content?
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It would depend on the content, but the majority of free content is using your data and information to generate revenue, making you their product.
Yeah I understand that but until the creator places a price on their product essentially everything they’re being given is a donation. If the creator says pay $1 for this podcast and we won’t harvest and sell your data that’s not v4v that’s just the price of them not selling your data