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Re:Mark Zuckerberg testifies before Congress by rootusrootus on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @06:41PM (#16806254)
If someone comes along with a service that fulfills the same niche that Facebook does, charges $9/month, and has a guaranteed (audited) enforcement of personal privacy ... I'd do it. I like being connected to my family & some friends.

The problem is getting from zero to critical mass with that model. Though I guess that doesn't stop a lot of other companies with less plausible revenue sources from getting seemingly endless money thrown at them.

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Re:Mark Zuckerberg testifies before Congress by HumanDrivenDev on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @12:39AM (#16808083)
9USD a month is a consequential amount of money for a huge chunk of the population of even developed countries.
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Re:Mark Zuckerberg testifies before Congress by rootusrootus on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @09:49AM (#16811018)
I agree. Like every other product in the world, I would base the price on what the local market supports.

Don't get me wrong, I don't think it would ever work, because I may value my privacy at more than a few bucks a month, but it's a near certainty that the vast majority of the population disagrees with me. They don't see the cost there, so they ignore it. By the time they ever realize what it was they gave up and for how little, it's too late.

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Re:Mark Zuckerberg testifies before Congress by SmellyGeekBoy on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @04:46AM (#16809193)
Especially when the alternative is "free"
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Re:Mark Zuckerberg testifies before Congress by jimmy1 on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @11:19PM (#16807771)
> The problem is getting from zero to critical mass with that model.

But you just said you just need your family and some friends. That doesn't sound like critical mass is needed. Just convince your family and some friends to join with you, and enjoy the service together. Then your friends can invite their friends and family, and so on and so forth.

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