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> What I would like to see is some analysis of how much life satisfaction is earned back if all relevant products become proportionately cheaper. There’s a rea
by SomeOldThrow 7y ago
> What I would like to see is some analysis of how much life satisfaction is earned back if all relevant products become proportionately cheaper.
There’s a reason services refuse to offer paid plans: people would realize how much the functionality of these services are destroyed in service of showing ads—you can see a tiny fraction of this reaction with the hulu anecdote. It’s also at the core of our “screen addiction”: imagine the savings in mental health care alone if ads disappeared....
- clevep 7y agoPerhaps there would be a massive public health benefit! I could legitimately see that. We just need to properly weigh all of the negative outcomes alongside the positive ones when discussing a change, otherwise it's an exercise in mental masturbation. And on your first point, I don't think most ad driven services refuse to offer paid plans because they are afraid to show their products without ads. Most would diversify their revenue stream if given a reasonable opportunity.