If FB has 500 million users and is "valued at" $100 billion, they're planning to get $200 out of you. I feel like they're leaving money on the table. Surely my privacy, conversations, connections etc. are worth more than that over the years I will use the service? Why don't they give the option of being the customer? They'd give me all the stats and data that they would give to advertisers. Even if they only charge $2/month to work for me instead of working for advertisers, it would take 8.5 years to make more than $200 from me.
(Well, if they plan to expand their userbase to say 1 billion, then you're only worth $100. But still.)
(Well, if they plan to expand their userbase to say 1 billion, then you're only worth $100. But still.)