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> 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
by 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.