Comment by heterodoxxed

Imagine how different social media would look if it were subscription based and required much, much less investment and revenue could grow linearly with the userbase.

The incentive of an ad-supported, vc-funded social media is to addict you.

The incentive of a subscription service is to be useful enough that you stay subscribed. If you log in once a week but never cancel, that's the ideal situation for a subscription service.

What I wrestle with is whether consumers will ever accept a small subscription fee (and I mean VERY small) after they've been given everything for free, even if it meant less psychological manipulation, no ads and strong privacy.