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Facebook's purpose of existence isn't for somebody to "pay for it". Facebook's purpose of existence is to make money.

• themacguffinman 6y ago
  And the way they make money is by someone paying for it. Some sites collect payments from users directly. Facebook collects payments from advertisers because most users wouldn't use Facebook if they had to pay for it. Do you have a point? This reads like an unfinished thought.
  • throwaway2048 6y ago
    there is absolutely no reason that they cant do both at the same time, there is a mental short circuit going on when people think paying for a website means no ads. Its never meant that in pretty much any other media.
    • themacguffinman 6y ago
      Yes there is a reason, users often don't expect to pay for services that show ads, and users who pay for services often don't expect to see ads. That's why most popular online services don't mix the two, eg. Facebook, Spotify, YouTube, Netflix, Crunchyroll, Google, etc. "mental short circuit" better describes your argument that jumps from "it's possible to both show ads and charge user fees" to "they always will".