Farcaster Pro is an app subscription

And for that reason, I'm out

https://media.tenor.com/xuIoXwKMUMEAAAAC/im-out-im-done

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But... If the content is decentralized, why do I need a subscription?

fair!

re content: 100% of the money will go directly to content and we do send it all out onchain

it does flow through a centralized entity now, making this more direct would be cool and the direction to head but it's incredibly hard to do that in a fair way without it all getting gamed

in practice though the rewards are generally pretty good at rewarding the users producing valuable content for the network and onchain mechanisms like tipping further circulate this money in more bottom up ways

this is very fair - and if the subscription was directly tied to content (e.g. onchain, contractual dispersement), I'd be all for it

All the stated benefits are app-specific though and about me extending my own reach (vs having a better experience through content)

you don't need one—that's a beautiful thing about it

but the idea is to create a fly wheel where people are willing to put money into a pot that will go to making the network more interesting

the extra features like badge, nft, 4 embeds, and app specific benefits like longer videos are better 

if you're paying for music, film, TV subscriptions and spend a relatively equal number of hours consuming FC content it seems reasonable to want to contribute to that flywheel

but also reasonable not to ofc