Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

fafefifof t1_iuwlj39 wrote

Reply to comment by mr_friend_computer in Why a Blue check mark is now $8 on Twitter and Elon Musk's Next Steps - A piece of speculative business non-fiction by BandicootKind705

Well the whole point of the original post is to reverse that business model. Facebook as a free product led to us being the product by being dependent on publicity to create revenue. But if Facebook, or twitter, had proposed a paying service and proven a feasible business model from paying customers, we might’ve dodged this weird human-data-as-a-product clown ass model we’re stuck with at the moment

2

mr_friend_computer t1_iuypzqj wrote

I get that, but it's going to end up as us paying to be human-data-as-a-product at this point.

I'd rather deprive the company of both sets of income in this case.

1

zeptillian t1_iuz0tqg wrote

The point of the post is to point out just how infeasible that idea is.

5 billion in yearly revenue vs getting people to pay and earning 1.2 billion a year instead? I don't think so.

1