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Re: Ads may come to Instagram

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How's it a bait and switch? Should free things be provided to you forever? If something is being given to you for free, shouldn't you realize that at some point money has to enter the equation? “If you are not paying for it, you’re not the customer; you’re the product being sold.”

Everyone trots out that line in a cargo-cultish manner. Thing is, you're still 'the product being sold' once you become a paying customer.

Not for startups! They're special.

Re: Ads may come to Instagram

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post #49

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These are not mutually exclusive concepts, just FYI.

you're suggesting the majority of google's ad revenue is misclicks?

US Digital Ad Spending to Top $37 Billion in 2012 as Market Consolidates. Google alone to account for 41.3% of total US digital ad revenues

(1) A majority of Google is ~21% of total market.

(2) 79% of the total market is a Majority of the Market.

(3) 59% of the total market is a Majority of the Market.

and so forth...

Re: Ads may come to Instagram

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post #45

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If you start free, stay free. If you start with $$$, then try to go $$. That's just the way it will always work.

They are staying free, they're just adding ads. It's no different than Facebook. Facebook has been and always will be a free site.

Does Instagram have the critical mass that Facebook has? Personal anecdote: I have stopped sharing photos on instagram since Facebook made it easier to share photos (especially in bunch) on mobile.

Re: Ads may come to Instagram

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1. Facebook is a for profit company. 2. Facebook probably wants to seek a direct monetary ROI on Instagram. 3. Facebook may or may not have figured out that strategy. Either way, not revealing those details is an indication of nothing beyond standard business practice. 4. Some users don't like ads, which is evident by the popularity of ad blocking tools. 5. Some users don't mind ads, some even click on them, which is…

6. Some users have developed som kind of "Ad Blindness". I can't remember having seen an Ad in years. Maybe the unconscious mind sees them though (?) That being said, I'm all for advertisements. Content providers have the right to get a ROI for the time they spent producing the content - naturally.
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