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So if I pay $13 a year to use Facebook they'll no longer need to collect my data for advertising?

• mtmail 10y ago
  I doubt it. You're paying cable television and still see ads. They'll always be companies willing to give Twitter money to be able to advertise to them.
  • jmngomes 10y ago
    But how much would cable cost if the individual channels didn't rely on advertising for profit?
• dragonwriter 10y ago
  If setting up and maintaining both as supported and fee-based infrastructure had no costs to Facebook and didn't hurt their advertising revenue per ad-supported user, sure, that would be the case. In the real world, first, setting up and maintaining such a system would have substantial initial and operating costs (and possibly engagement costs, as it would complicate the UX), and, as opt-outs feom advertising would tend to be weighted toward the wealthier, more valuable (to advertisers), users, it would drop per advertising revenue per remaining advertising-supported user. So the buyout cost would have to be substantially more to break even.
• sjg007 10y ago
  They'll never do this.. it is way more profitable to keep your value opaque. The average user might be worth $13 but not you!