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Who do you think is going to pay for social media? Are they still going to pay when most people leave the service because they won't pay? What regular person
by ipaddr 5y ago
Who do you think is going to pay for social media?
Are they still going to pay when most people leave the service because they won't pay?
What regular person would rather pay then see ads? If you gave people tvs they would put up with the ads. If you give people free dialup internet they would put a banner across their browser.
Paying is a non-starter.
End to end encryped what? Posts/videos? Who cares..
- cvwright 5y ago> Who do you think is going to pay for social media? Initially? Parents of young children, who want a safe and easy way to share photos and videos with their friends and family. After that, people who enjoy having a nicer experience than the garbage tier platforms we have today. > What regular person would rather pay than see ads? Everyone who pays (or has paid) for Netflix instead of watching network TV. Before that, everyone who paid for cable when it was ad-free. > Paying is a non-starter That’s what they said about music after Napster, too. How’s Spotify doing these days?
- ipaddr 5y agoYou are missing one key point. I don't care how many people have netflix, spotify or cable when I purchase nor does it affect my experience. I watch the same movies if you have it or not. If they charged for youtube less people will signup, less people will make content, more people will leave more content producers will leave. The values goes down. Parents may buy space private space for photos/videos. Dropbox, icloud, google drive. But that isn't necessarily social media. Twitter, facebook or instagram would not survive on parents buying children accounts. "How’s Spotify doing these days" Doesn't spotify have ads? You could buy a subscription.. you also could buy a subscription to youtube.