I have been a "proud product" of Facebook for about 10 years, too (I think)... but I have also used Facebook to build followings for three businesses... creating three customer bases "in exchange" for selling myself, where otherwise I would have had to pay a marketing company/specialist thousands of dollars for the same results... so I look at it as a "trade of value."
Not saying that to justify "being a product," just to say that "two can play that game:" They want to milk me, I can milk them, too....
True, but as I mentioned here, they are also going to charge you to share things with "your" followers. Two can play the game... but the game is rigged in their favor.