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byukoda ( 537183 ) writes:
Who cares?
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bybussdriver ( 620565 ) writes:
Before the whole business model was marketing, profiling and addiction was the time to do subscriptions to prevent enshitification. There is no going back; it's so toxic that I doubt it can be composted and produce anything fruitful.
They will take your money, remove the absolute minimum annoyances while promoting some extras to "add value" but retain as much shit as possible; this is about making more money not replacing evil income streams. That is why there is no chance of going back while it's a publicl
byukoda ( 537183 ) writes:
In the early days you could go on Facebook, scroll thru new posts for a few minutes until you reached where you got to last time you visited then leave the site. That meant you only need to spend a modest time on the site each day to keep up to date with what was happening with your friends. Then they changed it and I found I could never reach where I was up to last visit and was spending a lot of time on the site for no good reason. That was the start of the endless scrolling implementation designed to keep you on their site for as long as possible and was when I stopped using Facebook.
One of the reasons I still use Slashdot decades after finding it is the lack of infinite scrolling, it is not an attention whore. I can spend a few minutes here several times a day without felling like I have wasted a whole lot of my day for nothing.
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byTwistedGreen ( 80055 ) writes:
For a while I would use an adblocker on Facebook and I actually would reach the end. However, I think this was because the adblocker would break the page after a while. It was nice.
byukoda ( 537183 ) writes:
Repulsive would be the opposite of attractive. For addictive the opposite could be boring.
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byTwistedGreen ( 80055 ) writes:
You're right, ads are so ingrained into Facebook that I don't think they can be extricated from the product. People are signing up for the privilege to view ads and have their responses tracked (whether they realize it or not). Facebook is an advertising machine and you are the product. If they can trick someone into paying money for it, even better, but it won't materially change the system except improve the quality of ads by verifying your identity.
byBumbul ( 7920730 ) writes:
t it won't materially change the system except improve the quality of ads by verifying your identity.
I don't think it will affect the QUALITY of the ads themselves. It just makes the ad space easier to sell for Facebook and cheaper for marketing people to target the group that they want to part with their money.
byTwistedGreen ( 80055 ) writes:
Hey if I'm paying for Facebook Premium, I expect premium ads!
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byigreaterthanu ( 1942456 ) writes:
How long before they copy the cable TV model? You pay a subscription and get to see ads.
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