Ask HN: Why not make Facebook a paid service?

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If Zuckerberg / Facebook truly care about thier users and its data and privacy - why not just charge users to pay for the services and remove ads?

It would be great if somebody can break down the incentives to keep it free (and have ads) vs to make it paid (and have no ads) from a Product and Market perspective.

All you Product Managers feel free to have a go at this! Gauntlet has been thown - no pressure :)

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Unfortunately, the number of people "outraged" by Facebook's behavior / policies / etc., is rather small.

Additionally, the percentage of people who would pay a monthly fee is likely small and/or Facebook thinks they can make more money, over a long term, under its current business model.

I wouln't buy a paid facebook account and I think even if we pay them, they will still use the data to make some extra cash.

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