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But even paid business models get polluted with the usage driven metrics over time. Netflix is paid but now has advertisements. They have stated that their main
by _Algernon_ 1y ago
But even paid business models get polluted with the usage driven metrics over time. Netflix is paid but now has advertisements. They have stated that their main competitor is sleep, which is obviously detrimental to the user. How do we prevent this from happening for such a paid social media?
- Nifty3929 1y agoNetflix introduced an additional billing model to cater to those folks who would prefer ads to a subscription fee, but has not removed the no-ads model for a higher fee. I'm happy to pay for my ad-free Netflix, and I respect that others might want to choose differently. This is not a dark pattern, it's a light/good/gold (?) pattern.
- _Algernon_ 1y agoI disagree. Introducing ads just to then effectively increasing the price of the no-ads plan is scummy, rent-seeking behavior. Ironically the Black Mirror episode from Netflix called Common People is the best dystopic extrapolation of this kind of behavior that I have seen.