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[thedaly]

I don't know. Twitter has been pushing the subscription model a lot and I suspect that will likely be the long term solution.

[dragonwriter → thedaly]

> Twitter has been pushing the subscription model a lot and I suspect that will likely be the long term solution.

That's obviously the intent, but you’d need a lot of paying subscribers to replace the ad revenue they’ve lost, even without the additional debt from the acquisition.

There's no realistic way it works.

[nickthegreek → thedaly]

X pushing the subscription model only works if people subscribe. And the amount of subscription you need to service this level of debt is.... pretty high.

[tptacek → thedaly]

It had better not be, because the numbers on that don't work.