There's no incentive for Google or Facebook to do this. Like it's self-defeating and like realistically to even make it monetarily worthwhile it would have to be a value that's actually far beyond whatever you earn in a year just. The more people that you can reach on any given platform or any given tool the more attractive the more attractive it is. I think a challenge with this discussion is my my impression is I'm stuff like you're sitting through junk mail obvious obvious case but I kind of feel like for a lot of people the very presence of ads period is objectionable, so why are we so upset about what is about advertising?
In this week’s episode Ben and James discuss the problems with Ello’s business model, James’ discomfort with Facebook, and why Social Networks always have ads. We also talk about incentives and something surprising Ben learned from the notorious Episode 18.
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- Ben Thompson: Ello and Consumer Friendly Business Models – Stratechery
- Ben Thompson: Facebook Launches Atlas – Stratechery (members-only)
- Ben Thompson: Friction – Stratechery
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