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Counterpoint to this... I would happily pay $50/month for an atproto-based Bluesky clone that promises "no ads, ever" as long as it was interoperable. So anyone who is building that, just know that you've got at least some customers waiting, especially if you refuse to take VC money.

Remember a platform like that long time ago but don’t remember the name, just died. I think those kind of platform don’t go anywhere

That's generally true! Did it have the same architecture of Bluesky though? If not, can't compare. (To be clear I do *not* assume subscriptions would be self-sustaining... they'd just narrow the gap some)

It was similar to twitter but for tech people, or that was the idea. I remember you had to pay around 9 dollars. I think was this one en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/App.net