Facebook announced last night that in the next period he will launch a function that I initially talked to you about a few weeks ago and which was immediately criticized by everyone, the subscriptions. Facebook subscriptions will be required to see certain posts of certain online publications that will share the content within the social network, Facebook doing this at the request of media trusts around the globe.
Facebook even reached an agreement with Apple before announcing the launch of these subscriptions, they practically block access to the content of the posts of certain media trusts on the planet, something that no one wanted. The function has already been offered on Android for some time, and soon it will also be available on iPhone and iPad, Facebook needing the approval of those from Apple before offering the subscriptions, here things are complicated by the commission charged by Apple for any sales made through iOS applications.
Facebook launches subscriptions for posts on the iPhone as well
Facebook will launch subscriptions for posts on iPhone and iPad starting on March 1 of this year, so from then on, publications will be able to offer at least 5 free posts on the network, for others they can ask for a subscription. Subscription prices for reading Facebook posts are set by each individual online publication, those from Facebook not having any commission imposed for them, but because of Apple's commission for iOS, we might see higher prices for iDevices.
"Facebook has resolved a dispute with Apple that prevented the social network from launching a subscription tool for publishers on iOS devices. All publishers were asking for the paywall's so-called meter — or the number of free articles that can be viewed before being sent to the actual publisher — to be lowered to five."
Facebook is not making this change willingly, being forced by online publications to offer a new monetization method for articles, although many people will not want to offer any money for it. I imagine that in some countries subscriptions will be paid to read the posts of publications on Facebook, but in countries like Romania I see an extraordinarily small number of people willing to do this, because we don't pay for anything online.
