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Why do steaming services think they have a captive audience and I'm not going to ditch all of them with the crazy influx of annoying ads? (lemmy.world)

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I've been unmotivated in the past but i think it's time to sort out an alternative.

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[-] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 147 points 14 hours ago

A: they’re betting most people will accept it, and they’re right. The same thing happened in the early 80s when cable television advertised themselves as the pay-for-ad-free service, then started sneaking ads in. People complained, sure, but we all saw the outcome. They got away with it.

B: Greed, capitalism, and fuck you.

[-] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 70 points 13 hours ago

A: they’re betting most people will accept it, and they’re right.

Yes. Remember when Netflix put a stop to password sharing and the internet went aflame with people declaring that Netflix had shot itself in the foot? Netflix subscriber counts went up.

The average person will put up with so much more of this nonsense than techie people will.

[-] LodeMike@lemmy.today 6 points 12 hours ago

Subscriber counts went down in the affected areas.

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