{"id":554323,"date":"2023-02-20T20:37:11","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T17:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/meta-subscriber-plan-risks-digital-divide-say-critics\/"},"modified":"2023-02-20T20:37:11","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T17:37:11","slug":"meta-subscriber-plan-risks-digital-divide-say-critics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/meta-subscriber-plan-risks-digital-divide-say-critics\/","title":{"rendered":"#Meta subscriber plan risks digital divide, say critics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a24bff73bd39\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a24bff73bd39\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/meta-subscriber-plan-risks-digital-divide-say-critics\/#%E2%80%9CMeta_subscriber_plan_risks_digital_divide_say_critics%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Meta subscriber plan risks digital divide, say critics&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/meta-subscriber-plan-risks-digital-divide-say-critics\/#Copying_Musk\" >Copying Musk<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/meta-subscriber-plan-risks-digital-divide-say-critics\/#%E2%80%98Risky_for_Meta\" >&#8216;Risky&#8217; for Meta<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CMeta_subscriber_plan_risks_digital_divide_say_critics%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Meta subscriber plan risks digital divide, say critics&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2023\/analysts-believe-a-sub.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2023\/analysts-believe-a-sub.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Analysts believe a subscription plan to be a risky move for Meta that will likely bring in little revenue compared to advertising.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2023\/analysts-believe-a-sub.jpg\" alt=\"Analysts believe a subscription plan to be a risky move for Meta that will likely bring in little revenue compared to advertisin\" title=\"Analysts believe a subscription plan to be a risky move for Meta that will likely bring in little revenue compared to advertising.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Analysts believe a sub<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">script<\/a>ion plan to be a risky move for Meta that will likely bring in little revenue compared to advertising.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Years after <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> quietly removed a slogan that declared the site was &#8220;free and always will be&#8221;, parent company Meta announced on Sunday a paid-for subscription service that has already been widely criticized.<\/p>\n<p>Meta is following a well-trodden path to subscription services, with rivals from Reddit and Snapchat to Twitter and Discord already in the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But critics raised deep concerns with the way Meta had chosen to structure its new offering, which will cost $11.99 for web or $14.99 for mobile.<\/p>\n<p>The firm said subscribers would get a verification badge, extra protection against impersonation, direct access to customer support and more visibility.<\/p>\n<p>Online safety expert Kavya Pearlman was unimpressed with the idea of paying for protection, which she said would create a &#8220;digital caste system&#8221; of haves and have-nots.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Safety and security features must NOT be up for sale,&#8221; she tweeted, suggesting &#8220;dude bro CEOs&#8221; should charge the impersonators rather than squeezing money from customers who already pay with their personal data.<\/p>\n<p>The Real Facebook Oversight Board, a lobby group highly critical of Meta, tweeted: &#8220;Now Facebook wants you to fund the harmful model that fuels its whole business.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Copying_Musk\"><\/span>Copying Musk<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>And there were wider concerns from Sinan Aral, a professor at Massachusetts Institute of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Technology<\/a> (MIT) who conducted a two-year experiment analyzing the effects that account labeling had on online behavior.<\/p>\n<p>He said his study showed that &#8220;identity cues&#8221; like Twitter Blue or Meta Verified could lead to more &#8220;knee jerk&#8221; reactions, a divide between &#8220;in groups and out groups&#8221; and an intensified focus on personalities over content.<\/p>\n<p>Financial analysts said the new models being tested by social media companies would not\u2014in the short-term at least\u2014come close to generating the tens of billions that the likes of Meta make from advertising.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We don&#8217;t expect the new account verification service to surpass more than one to two percent of total revenue over the next 18 months,&#8221; said Angelo Zino of CFRA research.<\/p>\n<p>He said Meta was likely to continue its hunt for other ways to monetize its two billion users, with other big players like Netflix likely to take chunks out of its ad revenue in the coming years.\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98Risky_for_Meta\"><\/span>&#8216;Risky&#8217; for Meta<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Meta&#8217;s new service will be rolled out in Australia and New Zealand before it hits the rest of the world.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement was greeted online with trolling and memes ridiculing Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg for lifting ideas from his Twitter counterpart Elon Musk.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Inevitable,&#8221; replied Musk to one such message.<\/p>\n<p>Zuckerberg will be hoping for a smoother ride than Musk faced when he rolled out Twitter Blue, only to recall it as the platform was flooded with impersonation accounts.<\/p>\n<p>However, Matt Navarra, a social media consultant, flagged that Instagram had announced the move before Zuckerberg.<\/p>\n<p>He suggested the launch had been &#8220;a bit unplanned and last minute&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For most Meta users, whether on Facebook or Insta, this new offer is likely to be greeted with a shrug of indifference,&#8221; said Susannah Streeter of Hargreaves Lansdown.<\/p>\n<p>She said small businesses and higher profile people might be tempted to pay to protect themselves from hacks or impersonators, or get better visibility.<\/p>\n<p>But Dan Ives of Wedbush securities reckoned the move was &#8220;risky&#8221; for Meta.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There could be clear backlash from consumers that will never pay a dime for Facebook or Instagram and this move could push them out the door,&#8221; 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