Re:Facebook now charging to post more than 2 links a month
by xp84 on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @02:35PM
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The problem is that it’s the only thing slightly webpage-shaped that is free and extremely easy to make/edit. (Yes, I know that it I’m putting the bar extremely low because it’s an incredibly limiting platform)
You or I could put up an html site and host it on Cloudflare Workers for a total cost of 0 + the domain reg. But mom and pop don’t even know what html is and are too cheap to pay $500 (and some ongoing cost to a local “we build and host your website” firm to do it.
They could probably pay for Squarespace and just tell an AI “here’s a Word doc of my menu, build me a site for my restaurant” but Squarespace just isn’t free.
You or I could put up an html site and host it on Cloudflare Workers for a total cost of 0 + the domain reg. But mom and pop don’t even know what html is and are too cheap to pay $500 (and some ongoing cost to a local “we build and host your website” firm to do it.
They could probably pay for Squarespace and just tell an AI “here’s a Word doc of my menu, build me a site for my restaurant” but Squarespace just isn’t free.