[olalonde]

Doubtful. Facebook's mission is to maximize profits, not to maximize ads served. If they thought they could generate more profits by lowering priced subscriptions or even getting rid of the free, ad-supported tier, they would absolutely go for it. The inconvenient truth is that the only way to get a lot of users to pay for Facebook is through ads, because they won't pay for a subscription, no matter the price point. If the free tier disappeared, there would be a mass exodus of users from Facebook to a free, ad-supported, competitor.