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"Help us pay for the services we provide or don't use them" Why is this a strange message for everyone to digest? Ads pay for the content you watch, or your s
by lacoolj 3y ago
"Help us pay for the services we provide or don't use them"
Why is this a strange message for everyone to digest? Ads pay for the content you watch, or your subscription fee covers it. Getting mad at the ad-blocking avoidance is like getting mad you can't walk into Disney Land without a park pass.
- scubbo 3y ago> Why is this a strange message for everyone to digest? Because the services were previously provided for free, and the bait-and-switch feels bad; and because the perception (admittedly inaccurate) is there is no service being provided, that the content is what is paid for (the average consumer has no conception of the costs involved in storage, transmission, recommendation, content auditing, legal compliance, etc.)
- acdha 3y agoThey were never free: you might have broken your end of the agreement but they’ve been ad supported since the 2000s.