I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I think I’d pay for Facebook
Feb 18th, 2010 by handolio
Of all the dreadful things that are meant to happen in July that can only be overcome by a Facebook group with more than 1,000,000 members, paying £3.99 a month for the site is the most improbable.
Good, then, that Facebook has no such plans – but not all good.
I know many who hate Facebook, but after a couple of years I’m still finding it a (mostly) useful way to keep up with a wider circle of friends. And in a couple of years, it still hasn’t shown me an advert that interests me.
Bless them for including the thumbs up option, but I don’t think there ever is going to be an advert I like. Which is why I think I’d be prepared to pay a micro-subscription if it meant I wouldn’t see all the ones I don’t.
Spotify charges a tenner a month to keep the marketers out of your music, but Facebook’s content is cheaper because it’s made by us. With that in mind, perhaps a reasonable price for Facebook Premium would be 50p?
Facebook has said in the past that it’s not charging, and ruminations on a premium account tend to focus on extra functions it might offer.
If I was going to pay, I’d want less.
