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Re:Online Publisher Dependent Upon Facebook Shuts Down, Blam... by philipov on Monday August 23, 2021 @09:30AM (#28275388)
Users of facebook are paying for something, they're just not paying for it with cash. They're paying for it with their personal data.
Re:Online Publisher Dependent Upon Facebook Shuts Down, Blam... by ineedasername on Monday August 23, 2021 @09:53AM (#28275713)
That's not revenue. From Facebook's perspective, that's an input, a resource they have to obtain. Users are a supplier of raw material that Facebook distills & refines and sells on to the customers that pay them actual money.

Like any business, they have to maintain a good relationship with their suppliers. In this case they have to provide a platform that users return to over & over again. But they optimize their business towards revenue generation, not suppliers.