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I believe I remember seeing that the average annual benefit to Facebook of a user is something like $9. I would personally be ecstatic to be given the opportuni
by Vivtek 8y ago
I believe I remember seeing that the average annual benefit to Facebook of a user is something like $9. I would personally be ecstatic to be given the opportunity to subscribe to Facebook in exchange for control over my data and an absence of ads.
Eventually this is inevitable. Facebook is doing itself no favors by insisting that free-plus-we-own-you is the only possible model for the future.
- filleokus 8y agoFor US users FB seems to make an average of around 20-25 USD per quarter[1], aka 80-100 USD per year or 6-8 USD per month. I wonder how much they make on users that say they are willing to pay to use it. My guess is that those customers probably are above average, since they (at least say they) have the disposable income to pay for FB, and hence are more valuable to show ads for [2]. It wouldn't surprise me if it would cost me 10-15 USD per month to cover the ad revenue FB is getting for me and my data, and the question is if I really would be willing to pay that. [1]: https://medium.com/@mlvb_at/facebook-earnings-q1-2018-a-reality-check-a9fd7133aa36 https://medium.com/@mlvb_at/facebook-earnings-q1-2018-a-real... [2]: I'm not sure if this reasoning is sound, but it seems resonable. I wonder if there is data/estimations on the distribution of ad revenue per user.
- Vivtek 8y agoYour reasoning does seem sound. I'm sure there is plenty of data to that effect - and I'm equally sure that nobody outside Facebook has access to it. I think I might pony up $10 or $20 a month to know I was in control and to suppress all ads. I'm nearly certain I'm unusual in that regard, though.