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Bluesky teases paid subscription, Bluesky+, in new mockup (techcrunch.com)

submitted 2 days ago by scsi@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Social networking startup and X competitor Bluesky is working on subscriptions. The company first announced plans to develop a new revenue stream based on the subscription model when detailing its $15 million Series A back in October. Now, mockups teasing the upcoming Bluesky subscription, along with a list of possible features, have been published to Bluesky’s GitHub.

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[–] captainastronaut@seattlelunarsociety.org 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I am happy to pay for a service I’m using and getting value from if the price is fair, and if they can find a model where it’s sustainable with some % paid and some still free so that it’s available to everyone, and do that without ads or data scraping or treating users as a commodity I think that’s as close as we’ll get to tech utopia.

The “users are the product” tech model needs to die. We will need to start paying for our stuff. But I think that will create a better internet.

[–] Boiglenoight@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Fully agree with this. I’d rather pay for the things I use and get a good product.