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Customers are not responsible for keeping companies in business. They're also allowed to gripe about businesses who fail to accomodate their needs, especially
by officemonkey 14y ago
Customers are not responsible for keeping companies in business.
They're also allowed to gripe about businesses who fail to accomodate their needs, especially when companies use the "first one is free" model to gain users and then suckify their product to make money (a process I dub "zyngafication".)
OP seeks a model which already exists. The PBSkids.app is extremely kid friendly, albeit with limited content. My Netflix queue is also loaded up with kid-friendly content with zero ads.
Actually, an ad-free kidzone would be a good move for youtube: parents love trusted brands, and brand loyalty starts young (want proof? What toothpaste was in your bathroom when you were a child? What laundry soap? What brand of cola? I'll bet that one of those three brands are in your house right now.)
- mbell 14y agoWhat makes you think YouTube's users are its customers? They aren't, they are the product.
- officemonkey 14y agoEven more reason to eschew YouTube for another service. If I'm being sold, I'd rather not come so cheap.
- notatoad 14y agoSure, customers are allowed to gripe, I'm not trying to tell the OP he isn't allowed to gripe, just that his gripes are not very realistic.
- notatoad 14y agoFurthermore, your PBS example doesn't count: PBS is not a company, they're a non-profit that survives off donations and government funding. If you like their app, you should really consider making a donation.
- officemonkey 14y agoPBS is a corporation. Just because a corporation is non-profit does not mean it doesn't count. See also: Wikipedia. Regarding donations: I didn't say content should be free. My second example was Netflix after all. I said that having ad-free on-line children's programming is possible technically and economically.