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Re: Meta launches Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp subscriptions

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Post by pj_mukh »

I would pay $49.99/mo for an unlimited plan that brings me only my friends' status updates (not their hyper-political likes and comments), just their life updates. Daily stories are great too. But JUST that, no influencers, no ads.

I realize Meta's data shows that our user revealed preferences tells them that we like all the dopamine hijacking garbage but that's like saying "Well users like drugs, so we gave them more". Let me pay you to give me just the vitamins, and none of the sugar.

Re: Meta launches Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp subscriptions

#13

Post by ravenstine »

Animats wrote: post #8

"It's free and always will be" - Facebook

Whenever companies make statements like this and then people act surprised when they backtrack, I can't help but think of a bit of my favorite dialogue from Star Trek Enterprise.

HARRIS: We had an arrangement!

KRELL: You did what I wanted. I don't need you anymore.

HARRIS: You agreed that both our governments would benefit if the two of us worked together.

KRELL: And you believed me.

Re: Meta launches Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp subscriptions

#14

Post by jjordan »

suddenlybananas wrote: post #3

It's a real shame private messaging has ended up being almost exclusively closed-source without any kind of open API.

How did we let this happen? We used to have open protocols, apps like Pidgin that would bring multiple chat clients together under one interface, IRC, Skype P2P, etc. etc.

Was it spammers that caused this mass migration to ever more closed platforms?

Re: Meta launches Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp subscriptions

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Post by regexorcist »

suddenlybananas wrote: post #3

It's a real shame private messaging has ended up being almost exclusively closed-source without any kind of open API.

In the EU at least WhatsApp is being forced to interop with other messaging apps. I believe it's being rolled out at the moment.

Re: Meta launches Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp subscriptions

#17

Post by iLoveOncall »

It's insane that those subscriptions don't remove ads. That's the only thing I would even remotely consider paying for on any meta product.

In the current state those subscriptions will just show your friends that you're a huge loser who's willing to pay for custom backgrounds.

Re: Meta launches Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp subscriptions

#18

Post by alex1138 »

meta_ai_x wrote: post #10

Friendly reminder: HN opinion about this will be completely-out-of-touch with reality

What reality? The reality is almost nobody likes using Facebook (and many people can't anyway because they get banned while the racist thing or whatever they report never gets taken down) because it doesn't work, messages are hit and miss, nobody sees any status updates, and it's 20 ads per post

Re: Meta launches Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp subscriptions

#19

Post by tim-projects »

pj_mukh wrote: post #11

I would pay $49.99/mo for an unlimited plan that brings me only my friends' status updates (not their hyper-political likes and comments), just their life updates. Daily stories are great too. But JUST that, no influencers, no ads. I realize Meta's data shows that our user revealed preferences tells them that we like all the dopamine hijacking garbage but that's like saying "Well users like drugs, so we gave them mor…

Pay each of your friends $50 one per month, to switch to signal. Problem solved

Re: Meta launches Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp subscriptions

#20

Post by alex1138 »

avaer wrote: post #16
Animats wrote: post #8

"It's free and always will be" - Facebook

"They 'trust me'. Dumb fucks." - Mark Zuckerberg

Followed by him overwriting people's email addresses and constantly fucking around with privacy settings

Ohhhh but he was young! Be easy on him

(/s)

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