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This article does not suggest that Netflix should ever show ads to you, an existing customer. It suggests that Netflix should offer an ad-supported plan for pe
by rosndo 5y ago
This article does not suggest that Netflix should ever show ads to you, an existing customer.
It suggests that Netflix should offer an ad-supported plan for people unwilling to pay current prices.
- LinAGKar 5y agoWhy would they grandfather in existing subscribers though, that's not gonna happen.
- doldisod 5y agoThe article specifically argues that they should do this in order to further grow their customer base, and retain customers that are unwilling to pay current prices. Why couldn’t they keep existing subscribers ad-free? Those people are currently paying huge subscription fees. Why would it be impossible for Netflix to implement advertising in the way this article suggests?
- LinAGKar 5y agoOf course it's not impossible, they could do it if they wanted to, but that's not what would happen. That's not how anyone does it. Inevitably they would add ads at approximately the current price, and raise the price of the ad-free tier.
- rosndo 5y agoSpotify seems to have been successfully doing it as described for many years now, no?
- c0nducktr 5y agoThat sounds great for everyone but the Netflix consumer.
- doldisod 5y agoFirst, who cares? This article isn’t about the consumers. Perhaps it would be great for the Netflix consumer if Netflix became a nonprofit? Second, why? Why would this be bad for the Netflix consumer. Consumers willing to pay current sub fees shouldn’t be affected, and those unwilling to pay current prices would be able to access Netflix for less money. This would obviously benefit consumers with less disposable income.
- c0nducktr 5y ago
- doldisod 5y agolol. Your comments here make it pretty clear that you’re an ideologue who never intended to seriously engage with anyone anyway. You hate advertising, therefore everything about this article is evil regardless of how correct it may be from a business perspective. You have no interest in debating the article, but only care about pursuing your holy war against advertising.
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- dang 5y agoPlease don't respond to an account breaking the site guidelines by doing so yourself. That only makes everything worse. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html