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shellsharks
@shellsharks.com

This article has been shared by a lot of folks here, but to not a lot of response/discussion. techcrunch.com/2024/12/05/b... Is this a collective stick-fingers-in-ears-and-go-la-la-la moment for the bsky populace? *Stream of consciousness incoming*...

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Carlos Aponte
@caponte.bsky.social

It would be either stupid or a total lie to say they wouldn't consider it. Many forget that eve if something is free to use money for maintenance, improvements and so-on needs to come from somewhere.

shellsharks
@shellsharks.com

💯 This thread me trying to make a balanced/measured & hopefully educational take on one aspect of the likely future of bsky. There are a lot of the usual bsky power-zealots I've seen here chest-thumping about how "there are no ads", yada yada yada and as can be seen, time will tell...

shellsharks
@shellsharks.com

The fact is, it's VERY early days for bsky. What it will become, and how it will get there, is still mostly unknown. But as you said, money's gotta come from somewhere. Bottom line. Yep, ads are probably inevitable. But that doesn't mean the network will become "bad" for most.

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