i suppose of the two options of bsky getting monetized through ads and it *not* getting monetized through ads the latter is imo the more terrifying one.

[eniko@peoplemaking.games]

i suppose of the two options of bsky getting monetized through ads and it *not* getting monetized through ads the latter is imo the more terrifying one. i don't know what such a monetization model would look like but it would almost certainly be maximally exploitative of its users

[julian@fietkau.social]

@eniko Did you see their announcement about selling profile cosmetics, like Discord? I think that'll do more for them than the Namecheap referral thing they've had going on, but I do wonder if they really expect it to cover costs.

[jenniferplusplus@hachyderm.io]

@eniko I don't see any path to profitablity for them that doesn't run through surveillance capitalism. I'm pretty sure that ads will only be the beginning