@misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months agoThreads is offically getting adswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square153fedilinkarrow-up1594arrow-down115cross-posted to: enshittification@lemmy.world
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minus-squareairportlinelinkfedilinkEnglish73•2 months agoIs Threads even a good enough product for users to be willing to endure ads?
minus-square@Scrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglish9•2 months agoNo, now that Bluesky is around I’ve stopped using Threads altogether.
minus-square@baggachipz@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish8•2 months agoBlue sky getting ads in 3, 2, 1….
minus-square@Tja@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglish7•2 months agoI mean… either they introduce ads, or they start charging for the service. VC funding only lasts so long, and they have bills to pay (and probably shares to sell).
minus-square@baggachipz@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish4•2 months agoAnd that’s the problem. Sure, it’s better than threads or xitter now. The business model dictates that it will sink to the same level.
minus-square@Delusion6903@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months agoAnd that’s when I leave Bluesky too. Meta goes down within a month and the clock is ticking for Bluesky. I’ll stay in the fediverse.
minus-square@Delusion6903@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglish4•2 months agoIt allows no external browser and if you leave the app and return the page automatically refreshes so you lose your place.
Is Threads even a good enough product for users to be willing to endure ads?
No, now that Bluesky is around I’ve stopped using Threads altogether.
Blue sky getting ads in 3, 2, 1….
I mean… either they introduce ads, or they start charging for the service.
VC funding only lasts so long, and they have bills to pay (and probably shares to sell).
And that’s the problem. Sure, it’s better than threads or xitter now. The business model dictates that it will sink to the same level.
And that’s when I leave Bluesky too. Meta goes down within a month and the clock is ticking for Bluesky. I’ll stay in the fediverse.
It allows no external browser and if you leave the app and return the page automatically refreshes so you lose your place.