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"subscribing to Instagram Plus ($3.99/mo), Facebook Plus ($3.99/mo), or WhatsApp Plus ($2.99/mo) will gain access to extra features, like profile customization, super reactions, and story insights, among other things."
I'll pass on that.
I passed on it a decade ago. Got out when shit was getting bad with ads, memes, and other stuff not actually "social".
It's the opposite of social. Especially facebook. There are only companies there, no actual people left (except some boomers maybe)
My parents are on Facebook every day and so are their friends. I’m pretty sure Facebook is what happened to all the Gen Xers.
How very dare you? Gen X is long off Facebook - it's our parents on there, being radicalised by Russian bots
ikr?
Gen X is most of the fediverse!
You didn't mention a lack of ads. They remove all the ads when you subscribe, right?
Notice almost all of this is outward facing. It doesn't improve your experience, but it gives you a thing that others see. The goal is the same thing as children bullying other children to buy iPhones. They don't know what the product is. They just built in features that tell you if other people aren't using it, so you can make fun of them.
iPhoines, Playsations, Samsung phones or other expensive tech.
So we bringing back MySpace?