What if we’re wrong and BlueSky just gets better? I mean, with some of the corporate trappings of old Twitter, but still user-friendly, big userbases, vibrant subcultures and banning troublemakers?

It was illegal for vendors to charge a fee for card purchases, so if that was the case then they maybe just raised their prices.

No, we had a flat annual fee for usage. There was a fee for withdrawing cash but no making purchases.

Yes, we had a flat annual fee for use.

Might be my background - lived half my life in a country where credit cards are interest-free for religious purposes - but 10% still seems insane.