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minus-squareairportlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up71arrow-down1·3 days agoIs Threads even a good enough product for users to be willing to endure ads?
minus-squareDelusion6903@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoIt allows no external browser and if you leave the app and return the page automatically refreshes so you lose your place.
minus-squareScrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agoNo, now that Bluesky is around I’ve stopped using Threads altogether.
minus-squarebaggachipz@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agoBlue sky getting ads in 3, 2, 1….
minus-squareTja@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoI mean… either they introduce ads, or they start charging for the service. VC funding only lasts so long, and they have bills to pay (and probably shares to sell).
minus-squarebaggachipz@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoAnd that’s the problem. Sure, it’s better than threads or xitter now. The business model dictates that it will sink to the same level.
minus-squareDelusion6903@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoAnd that’s when I leave Bluesky too. Meta goes down within a month and the clock is ticking for Bluesky. I’ll stay in the fediverse.
Is Threads even a good enough product for users to be willing to endure ads?
It allows no external browser and if you leave the app and return the page automatically refreshes so you lose your place.
No, now that Bluesky is around I’ve stopped using Threads altogether.
Blue sky getting ads in 3, 2, 1….
I mean… either they introduce ads, or they start charging for the service.
VC funding only lasts so long, and they have bills to pay (and probably shares to sell).
And that’s the problem. Sure, it’s better than threads or xitter now. The business model dictates that it will sink to the same level.
And that’s when I leave Bluesky too. Meta goes down within a month and the clock is ticking for Bluesky. I’ll stay in the fediverse.