Quote Originally Posted by boost View Post
But that's just the thing, when a monopoly exists, any increased or new fees are essentially taxes.
No, "tax" is not the right word. From what you've said this is just an example of monopoly pricing. Monopolists ideally charge exactly each customer's (revealed, not stated) willingness to pay.

There are different ways to go about doing this but FB seems to have selected the "charge 'em a ridiculous rate and fuck the rest" route, which, barring a mass exodus as you and rilla talked about, will probably work.