Well, no. Those users want a service. Nobody coerces anyone into giving App.Net money, so those paying users actually don't want to keep this amount of money, in exchange for the service.
> A free-based service, supported by advertisers, has tons of incentive to keep its users just as happy as a fee-based service.
But for that it has to show ads, and the business is then to show ads in the most efficient way possible, which has a number of consequences we can readily witness today.
Well, no. Those users want a service. Nobody coerces anyone into giving App.Net money, so those paying users actually don't want to keep this amount of money, in exchange for the service.
> A free-based service, supported by advertisers, has tons of incentive to keep its users just as happy as a fee-based service.
But for that it has to show ads, and the business is then to show ads in the most efficient way possible, which has a number of consequences we can readily witness today.