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Zuckerberg: Ads On Instagram "When the Right Time Comes"
An anonymous reader writes "During his company's quarterly earnings call, Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg discussed how Instagram will be monetized. The answer isn't too surprising: there is a big expectation for the app to one day be profitable, and advertising will be the name of the game. 'Kevin [Systrom] has always been clear that we're building Instagram to be a business,' Zuckerberg said. 'We expect over time to generate a lot of profit from it. We think the right focus for now is to continue increasing the footprint of Instagram and, when the right time comes, we'll think about advertising.'"
No, but I really expected a better lie than "ads". It's like he doesn't even try anymore.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
Adblock Plus isn't catching them now, as they're randomizing the tag identities and refreshing periodically.
Because of obnoxious ads I abandoned Yahoo ages ago, this could drive me away from fb.
Great, they have to make their money on ads, I don't have to like it and if I can work a way to block them I will.
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
They'll start serving ads when they're confident that most of their users won't (or can't) move to similar sites. Make it popular, make it indispensable, even, then make it pay. People will put up with a lot of annoyances once inertia's set in.
*slap palm on face*
I will for sure process my photos on my local harddrive. If you want my content to place ads on, then fucking buy it. Until then i will cash out the 2 Euro per year which is costs me to host my photo collection on amazon s3.