I see you're point, but when I look at the history of promotion and communication; companies have always had to pay to advertise. From commercials, to newspaper ads to those dreaded dinner time phone calls; Every medium charged promoters to communicate with customers.
Facebook was allowed to run a hobby until they went public and realized that they need to make money. This strategy of charging for using the communication medium just falls in line with what older traditional businesses have done for decades. At the end of the day, either the content creators and/or content consumers are going to have to pay--Facebook chose to charge the creators and I think that's good. If they charged me as a content consumer, I'd shut down my account.
Facebook was allowed to run a hobby until they went public and realized that they need to make money. This strategy of charging for using the communication medium just falls in line with what older traditional businesses have done for decades. At the end of the day, either the content creators and/or content consumers are going to have to pay--Facebook chose to charge the creators and I think that's good. If they charged me as a content consumer, I'd shut down my account.