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Re:Facebook executives shut down efforts to make the site le... by monadic2 on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @05:34PM (#23316690)
Compare how much money google can make off ads in a month to $15. You’re paying for way, way, way more than just removing ads and it’s obvious
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Re:Facebook executives shut down efforts to make the site le... by trisiak on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @05:54PM (#23316876)
That's why you get other benefits that are much harder to price in.
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Re:Facebook executives shut down efforts to make the site le... by monadic2 on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @01:06AM (#23319552)
....and most don’t use or want.

Of course they conveniently only bundle these features so they can pretend it’s what customers want—hell downloading and playing when the screen is off should be a part of youtube. Just another step in the long saga of companies intentionally crippling their own services to bilk customers.

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