Meta Muse to cost ~$50 per user per year even under aggressive optimization, back-of-envelope says
bookwormengr · x · 2026-09-29
- Back-of-envelope math: even with a very gentle load and aggressive optimization assumptions, serving billions of users on Meta Muse would cost roughly $50 per customer per year ($4/month) — steep for a free service, though tolerable given global GDP per capita above $10k.
- Quoting the view that $10–$100/month to automate away boring tasks is a no-brainer for consumers, the author sketches Meta's monetization paths: tying Muse to its own payment service (as attempted with Metaverse), and selling SMBs a CRM + POS + automated chat/call handling bundle at $10–$100 per person, trivially cheap versus the value delivered.
- Conclusion: combining its social network, datacenter capabilities and in-house silicon could set Meta on a path to becoming the world's most dominant company.
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