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[-] i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk 75 points 1 year ago

The system seems to be;

Add adverts
Make them more intrusive
Add more adverts
Make them even more intrusive
Everybody is fed up with adverts because there are now more adverts than content, so introduce paid version which costs more than the company would earn on ad impressions even for a heavy user, to remove ads
Next step might be to add some ads to paid version?

[-] Aetherians@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago

Isn't this exactly what Netflix is trying to do with their paid subscribers?

[-] Vent@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago

Netflix didn't start with ads, and the ads don't affect pre-existing subscription tiers.

[-] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

For what it's worth, Facebook didn't have ads way back in the day

[-] abhibeckert@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Uh, no. The system is:

The law requires us to disable tracking by default for all users
We can't make hundreds of billions of dollars per year with tracking disabled
So - make the service $14/month by default, unless you opt-in.
It's win/win. If users pay $14, they make huge profits. If users opt in to tracking, they make huge profits.

[-] Xel@mujico.org 11 points 1 year ago

Next step might be to add some ads to paid version?

Yep:

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