The new “Rich Kids” social media app has a membership fee of $1,000 a month

Post by unicornporn » Thu, Oct 20, 2016, 1:58 PM UTC

dspillett wrote: post #33

adrianratnapala wrote: post #6

I hope it succeeds and then charges downmarket to invade the middlebrow space where the big profits are (and which Facebook originally catered to with its own kind of snobbishness.) I want to see more of the web paid for directly, rather than funded through snooping. If some platform becomes hip because it is paid for, then it will give people food for thought. A $50/month "social network", including whatever addons…

> I want to see more of the web paid for directly, rather than funded through snooping. Call me cynical, but I don't think that will ever happen. Even if it starts out that way, once the number of users stabilises and the board/investors/other still want commercial growth someone will notice how easy it would be to track the users and sell the resulting data and you'll be paying both directly and by having yourself t…

Post by enraged_camel » Thu, Oct 20, 2016, 6:53 PM UTC

darklajid wrote: post #28

enraged_camel wrote: post #22

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>>A $50/month "social network" would be beyond the budget of a large part of the population. Not many people have $600/year to spend on a communications tool. You do realize many cellphone plans cost that much if not a lot more, right?

Based on what observations? Around here most people pay half of that as far as I'm aware - and I'm hoping that this number is even lower in low income countries. Plus, comparing a general internet access & phone plan with a specific online service seems odd. Even if I'd trust you with this number, paying $50 for 'the internet' or paying the same amount for WhatsApp 2.0 doesn't seem direcly comparable.

Post by thomasthomas » Fri, Oct 21, 2016, 3:29 AM UTC

Post by pmontra » Sat, Oct 22, 2016, 4:50 AM UTC

siscia wrote: post #66

pmontra wrote: post #52

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Me too. 6.05 Euro for 2 hours of voice calls (which I never use fully), 120 SMS (same as before), 2 GB data (anything the tower has up to LTE). I typically use 300 MB of data and some 3 GB of WiFi. Most people won't find those 2 hours of voice calls enough, but voice calls in apps are starting to erode the "real" calls.

Wait, what plans are you on? I pay ~7€ (5 for 1GB of data) and 2€ for accessories such as call and SMS that I seldom use...