How does Facebook, Yahoo, Youtube and Google offer FREE services and make so much money when they never got a cent out of me?

Me and almost everyone I know uses free websites like Facebook and Youtube everyday. They never paid a cent to any of those companies cause its free. How are they making so many billions of dollars when its free? Maybe the music, movies, video games, books and porn industries can also find a way to make money with all these people downloading their stuff for FREE. If facebook can do it, why cant them?
Answer:

Hits. Advertisements and sponsors on every page.

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You are tracked, profiled and packaged for sale to various companies - there is a lot more money in selling information on you than on ads.

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