• RaymondLuxuryYacht@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    Look, ads are how they pay the bills. We wouldn’t have ads if they’d set their prices in a way that allowed them to make a profit, which is how businesses function. They are businesses, after all, not charities.

    They underpriced their services, and lost money for as long as they could, hoping they’d somehow “win” the Steaming Wars. I absolutely detest having commercials on something I already pay for, but it’s how it’s going to be because they lost money for so long.

    So a commercial is one thing, but a commercial that quizzes me to see if I paid attention is a completely different entity altogether. That’s the part of the whole equation that would be too much.

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      3 hours ago

      So a commercial is one thing, but a commercial that quizzes me to see if I paid attention is a completely different entity altogether. That’s the part of the whole equation that would be too much.

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    • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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      5 hours ago

      You’re right, but that doesn’t mean it’s a good system. Charging for their services would be much less nonsensical in the end.