The problem with relative numbers is that they provide a mechanism to increase absolute numbers without impact to the percentage. Thus, “fewer ads” today could be more tomorrow if we consider that we don’t know the absolute number
fwiw Elon promises "half" the ads, not just fewer. If Twitter increase the total number of ads, as you say, then the value proposition of this arguably goes up.
Regardless I think the problem is ads on a site like Twitter aren't really worth paying to skip. I have Spotify premium because it really is annoying to listen to an unskippable audio ad in the middle of a playlist, but scrolling past a promoted tweet is not much different than scrolling past a tweet by a follow that is about something I do not care about.
arriu|3 years ago
fasthands9|3 years ago
Regardless I think the problem is ads on a site like Twitter aren't really worth paying to skip. I have Spotify premium because it really is annoying to listen to an unskippable audio ad in the middle of a playlist, but scrolling past a promoted tweet is not much different than scrolling past a tweet by a follow that is about something I do not care about.
red_Seashell_32|3 years ago