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I don't get the logic of showing ads here. Premium users are paying $14/mo, surely that should completely dwarf the fractions of a cent Google would earn by dis

by a2128 2y ago

I don't get the logic of showing ads here. Premium users are paying $14/mo, surely that should completely dwarf the fractions of a cent Google would earn by displaying an ad. Is this just a simple bug? Or are advertisers now paying orders of magnitude more in order to reach people who have enough disposable income to afford a $14/mo subscription? Or is Google that desparate and they see this as a way to earn slightly more than $14/mo from that user?

Woodi 2y ago
Maybe just someone paid enough to punch through how much Google value users choices :> Or possibly it's attempt at degrading no-ad's to less-ad's. Would be quite standard for degrading-in-progress company - "altavisting" :)
m463 2y ago
I think it is to normalize advertising. if you got rid of ads completely, people would expect to never see an ad, ever.
prirun 2y ago
Netflix ad plans are more profitable than premium plans: https://colemaninsights.com/coleman-insights-blog/advertising-is-more-valuable-than-premium-subscribers https://colemaninsights.com/coleman-insights-blog/advertisin... Everything eventually ends up as paying + ads. Cable TV started out justifying the $35/mo fee 2 ways: better picture quality and no ads (only local channels had ads). Now you pay for channels, bundles, and you get ads. The Internet is and will be exactly the same.