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by supriyo-biswas 992 days ago
I welcome this move, even though social media isn't really my thing, so I wouldn't really be the target customer. (I deleted my Facebook account in 2016 after it gave me a terrible bout of anxiety and depression.)

The tech industry has been dominated by a few players who primarily gain leverage by offering services for free, preventing the entry of smaller players as well as leveraging user data in ways that people would find abhorrent. When you can charge users, you can offer social media services that don't require dark patterns and depend on user addiction to turn a profit.