• A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I love the idea of paid social media.

    Theres so few people who'd pay for it that all the social media companies would, hopefully, collapse and cure us of one of the worst technoplagues of the 21st century.

    • realitista@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      I'd pay some reasonable subscription, say $1 a month to the maintainer of lemm.ee for the promise to keep my data safe. To Zuck and Elon absolutely not.

    • gian @lemmy.grys.it
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      1 year ago

      Theres so few people who’d pay for it that all the social media companies would, hopefully, collapse and cure us of one of the worst technoplagues of the 21st century.

      I would not be that sure. As long as they will offer the choice between paying with cash or with data, social media companies will survive.

      • fernandu00@lemmy.ml
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        1 year ago

        Yeah or you pay with your data or you pay with your money and they still steal your data like YouTube premium and etc

    • ilinamorato@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      It would just be corporations paying for it, and paying for ever more direct access to individuals.