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steve  ·  2209 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY

If they do make it a pay service.... I doubt I’d be in. I don’t use enough to even consider it.

But lots of people do. So who knows?





b_b  ·  2209 days ago  ·  link  ·  

When I think about the media I pay for, it encompasses a lot: cable, Hulu, Netflix, Spotify, NYT, WaPo, New Yorker, donate to NPR, go to and rent movies, probably others I'm forgetting. Each of these things has in common the essential element that they're delivering to me professional quality content. Get the fuck outta here if anyone thinks I'm going to pay to see a recap in photos of the family dinner I attended last week, or an update about the size fish some asshole I didn't like in high school caught on his big trip this summer. FB knows this. They're never in a million years going to make anyone pay to see shit content. People won't even pay for newspapers anymore.

Also, on a side note, I don't think I've ever tried to list the amount of media I pay for. It's kind of a lot. Guess I figured out where all my money is going :(

tacocat  ·  2209 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Lots of people wouldn't pay. The vast majority I'd bet. I think it'd be a totally different beast.

user-inactivated  ·  2208 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The only web service I pay for is Hubski. I'll stop using the internet rather than pay Facebook etc.