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> Amazon has proved that people will pay subscription fees AND get served ads. Also the NYTimes.
by euroderf 2y ago
> Amazon has proved that people will pay subscription fees AND get served ads.
Also the NYTimes.
- dragonwriter 2y agoAlso decades of basic cable. And "the NYTimes" here is really short for "much of the whole history of print newspapers and magazines".
- euroderf 2y agoPoint taken. Although the current online norm is to remove all advertising, afaict making NYTimes & Amazon stick out (like sore thumbs).
- janalsncm 2y agoServing ads has been the business model of every newspaper for 100+ years. The difference is that the ads today can be used to spy on you. When I cancelled my NYT subscription I added a note about this.