Searching for a Future Beyond Facebook
&quot;we must devise new business models and structural incentives that aren’t rooted in manipulation and coercion...In the short-term, that might be achieved by turning to basic subscription services, by paying for the things we use.&quot;<p>That&#x27;s why we made RealPeople.io (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;realpeople.io" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;realpeople.io</a>) have no ads at all. Users pay to use, and there&#x27;s no AI, no sharing your data. Rather than trying to just convince users to take our word for it, we just built it into our business model. Our financial incentives align with keeping user data private. And since we don&#x27;t get paid based on how many pages the user views or how long the user is on the system, there&#x27;s no financial incentive to getting the user addicted.