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.

  • @egrets
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    19 days ago
    • 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.

    • FireWire400
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      419 days ago

      It’s refreshing to see them not including “Ad-free” as a feature

      • @[email protected]
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        218 days 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