• RaoulDuke@lemmy.worldOP
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    1 year ago

    The platforms cost billions to run, and they are run by companies that are expected to have yearly growth.

    You can blame the companies for being greed, but the users are equally naive if they think the money is just going to materialize out of thin air.

    Free to use with no ads just isn’t going to work, someone is going to need to cover the server cost.

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      1 year ago

      That’s true, but they’ll never be satisfied with just making some profit. There will always be a rapacious desire for infinite profits. If they could find a way to make you watch nothing but ads on there and charge you for it, they would do it. It’s only going to get worse.

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        1 year ago

        I like the “That company looses money every year!” and when you look into it they profited some ungodly amount and spent it on ‘infrastructure’ and bonuses. Then go ‘woe is us, we can hardly make a dime!’ while treating everyone near them like shit. (Looking at you DD)