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    Would you pay for an ad-free Facebook?

    by David Pierson and Tracey Lien, Los Angeles Times Apr 13, 2018 4 minutes

    If you're not paying for the product, then you are the product.

    That business-world adage has allowed Facebook to thrive, attracting 2 billion users who choose to trade their personal information for no-cost access to the world's largest social network.

    The data they fork over have proven to be a treasure trove for Facebook, which relies on the information to sell ads targeted to specific swaths of users. But after years of exchanging their privacy for a free feed of news, ads, family photos and cat videos, some people are questioning whether they're actually getting a good deal.

    With Facebook under fire for

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