Mark Zuckerberg, let me pay for Facebook

Fascinating op-ed in the New York Times regarding how Facebook makes money off us and our data.

They currently make one cent for every hour each of us spends on there.

I would certainly be happy to pay Facebook 20 cents a month in order for my data and privacy to remain intact, and to be a customer rather than a product.

The problem with Facebook and other such sites, is that we believe they are free, when actually we are paying for them with things that are often more valuable than money itself.

Quote: "ad-based financing means that the companies have an interest in manipulating our attention on behalf of advertisers, instead of letting us connect as we wish." - and right after that there's an ad, for me it has a taste of hypocrisy. Why does nyt let the ads in, instead of letting me read as I wish?

At those price levels (1$ per month) are not money transaction fees the problem? Who wants to give VISA et al a big chunk of revenue?