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Bluesky teases paid subscription, Bluesky+, in new mockup (techcrunch.com)
submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/27733087

Social networking startup and X competitor Bluesky is working on subscriptions. The company first announced plans to develop a new revenue stream based on the subscription model when detailing its $15 million Series A back in October. Now, mockups teasing the upcoming Bluesky subscription, along with a list of possible features, have been published to Bluesky’s GitHub.

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[–] egrets 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)
  • Bluesky+ profile badge
  • Custom app icons
  • Profile customizations
  • Higher video upload limits
  • High quality video resolution
  • Inline post translations (coming soon)
  • Post analytics (coming soon)
  • Bookmark folders (coming soon)

These seem fair ideas? They're not paywalling critical functionality and you can't run a massive social network for free. It's not the same attitude as the wider Fediverse, and I understand why that rubs people the wrong way, but it's hardly outrageous.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This isn't the last stop on the enshitification express.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't enshittification mean that the provider reduces functionality? it seems to me that didn't happen

[–] FireWire400 4 points 1 day ago

It's refreshing to see them not including "Ad-free" as a feature