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The question is how much value Twitter is adding to people's lives. Netflix costs almost 200x this proposed price and yet it has over 200M subscribers. We got s
by glimshe 3y ago
The question is how much value Twitter is adding to people's lives. Netflix costs almost 200x this proposed price and yet it has over 200M subscribers. We got so used to free, but we all know that there is no such thing as free; today the only source of income for many web companies is to sell your data. So what if it loses engagement, I'd rather pay a bit for Twitter than the status quo which is getting followed by scam porn bots.
I like seeing more and more services becoming paid like, well, everything else in life. You don't get free haircuts while watching 30 minutes of ads. This actually helps competition by taking some power and leverage away from the big ads cartels.
- rurp 3y agoBut... Twitter users who pay will still be tracked constantly, see targetted ads, and run into tons of spam bots. But now they have to trust Twitter with their payment information for the privilege.
- glimshe 3y agoJust wait until an ad-free option costing a lot more. Netflix, Hulu etc also have cheaper ad-supported plans. Regarding bots, it will be progressively harder to run a bot farm if you have to pay fees.