I was trying to do the math, then I saw the chart is for quarterly revenue numbers. So $50.25 quarterly X 4 quarters = $211. (or, 2,700 sats/day at the current exchange rate).

But not all FB revenue is from ads. They sell data, and have other revenue-generating activities. I haven't had an FB account in over half a decade, but I have no doubt FB knows a ton about me and is bringing in revenue off my data.

That, to me, is what I hope to see bypassed. If I am chatting in Keet, for example, and sending sats (when that is supported), neither the conversation nor its metadata is known to Facebook (or anyone), and same with the payment. While this comment reply can be indexed by a search engine or other aggregator, it is not something Big Tech is directly monetizing.

And likely, the platforms I do use will not be subjecting me to ads. Well, at least not the annoying kind, like injecting ads in between content I am trying to view. SN does it right ... the ~jobs is advertising, but I'm OK with that form of it ... it's there for me to click but it isn't stuffed down my throat.

The problem with getting to what I'ld like to see is the network effect existing platforms have gained. FB didn't gain its monstrous userbase overnight, and that was acquired after a huge amount of capital was expended year after year to build the dopamine inducing platform that captures people's attention yet today.