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Meta to introduce Ads on Threads in 2025 in move surprising no one. (www.reuters.com)

submitted 1 week ago by higgsboson@dubvee.org to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] eskimofry@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Maybe lets not try to pretend that it is just about the costs shall we? I bet MBAs will cower at the suggestion to put up a paywall from the beginning. Afterall, bait-and-switch is their bread-and-butter.

Subscriptions weren't the norm when we actually paid for something and got the full product. The cost to run things didn't suddenly become a factor just now.

Only thing that changed: greed of businesses, execs, shareholders.

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago

we actually paid for something and got the full product

That's generally not online platforms, though. For obvious reasons, those have ongoing operating costs