Comcast Internet Video Package (YouTube and Hulu): $79.99/mo.
Comcast Social Media add-on (Facebook, Xfinity Friends, NYTimes): $14.99/mo.
Point being, a large number of paid providers becomes inconvenient if not impossible for an individual to maintain. This creates a market for a gateway provider to aggregate payments and subscriptions, which role the big media companies have traditionally fulfilled. While it's true that dependence on Facebook leaves you with little recourse if things go wrong, individual payments for social media services seems untenable. There must be some better way of addressing the issue, as you cannot necessarily afford to ignore Facebook, Twitter, etc.
Comcast Internet Video Package (YouTube and Hulu): $79.99/mo.
Comcast Social Media add-on (Facebook, Xfinity Friends, NYTimes): $14.99/mo.
Point being, a large number of paid providers becomes inconvenient if not impossible for an individual to maintain. This creates a market for a gateway provider to aggregate payments and subscriptions, which role the big media companies have traditionally fulfilled. While it's true that dependence on Facebook leaves you with little recourse if things go wrong, individual payments for social media services seems untenable. There must be some better way of addressing the issue, as you cannot necessarily afford to ignore Facebook, Twitter, etc.