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So, fresh on the heels of last week's news that #Bluesky is considering targeted advertisements and more VC investment, today we learn that they have a paid subscription model in the works.
https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/09/bluesky-teases-paid-subscription-bluesky-in-new-mockup/
This should not come as a surprise to anyone. Bluesky is burning through money, and their only options at this point are monetizing their user base through ads, subscriptions and data harvesting, and/or more outside investment. Probably they'll need all these enshitifying tactics.
They're calling it Bluesky+ and seems like you will get a nice badge and some improved user features. What is particularly interesting is that verification seems like it may be going behind their paywall: "Bluesky+ could be weighing offering verification (profile badges) as part of its subscription." Sound familiar?
Below is a mock-up of the subscription page discovered by a Bluesky user. The company has responded that the UI mockup “doesn’t necessarily match what will be released.”
@mastodonmigration If Bluesky is supposed to be "decentralized" how is Bluesky+ supposed to work? Unless they never planned to decentralize in the first place
Good question.