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by imgabe 2460 days ago
> I would pay a monthly subscription for an ad-free version of Facebook.

I think we're on the cusp of an explosion of ad-free subscription sites. An ad-free subscription Facebook could provide all of the actual benefits of Facebook at a fraction of the cost. No need to employ hundreds of PhD machine-learning experts to analyze mouse movements if you're not trying to hyper-optimize ads.
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goatinaboat 2460 days ago
The paradox is: people with the disposable income to pay for ad-free social media are the most desirable advertising targets.

The reality is that a subscription Facebook would take your money and sell a profile of you for ads on other sites.

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dfxm12 2460 days ago
an ad-free version of Facebook

Are ads the problem, or is mining and selling your personal information? I'm more afraid of the latter, and even if you're paying to remove display ads, your data is still going to be mined.

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disgruntledphd2 2460 days ago
Except that most people won't pay, causing this new social network to be much less useful to everyone, causing it to fail.

I'd like it to work, but I really don't see how it will.

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