That's revenue though, right? Parent was asking about cost. This network would have no ad revenue.

Yeah, from the perspective of starting something cooperatively funded from scratch, I think it's basically about "what would it cost to get something running and keep it worth using," balanced against "what would people actually be willing to pay?"

In my dreams, if the price point were low enough, like "the cost of two coffees per year" or something, and it wasn't irritating to pay it, there are plenty of people who want out of FB and could afford that.

The issue isn't often the cost but payment friction.

When I started using privacy.com, I found it a lot easier to fund stuff because it was frictionless to generate a CC and drop it into a payment form automatically.

I think it depends on geopgraphy.

North American and European users are worth a lot more than users in developing countries.

At the same time, how many Facebook users would pay even $1/month to use the platform? I bet less than half.

Whatsapp users were paying $1/year and they were doing pretty good.

Way less. Isn't 2% conversion a good rate in this industry?