Netflix, once a pioneer of ad-free viewing that offered a break from traditional TV norms, is now contemplating launching free ad-supported versions of its service in markets like Europe and Asia, Bloomberg reported.

The plans to offer a free ad-supported tier, albeit in select markets, suggests that pivot towards monetizing user data, in other words — making users and not the extensive library of award-winning shows a product, might be well in the pipeline.

    • HobbitFoot
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      25 months ago

      Then cancel and move on.

      The way that people talk about it here, a streaming service raising rates is the equivalent of a significant other dumping them.

      • @[email protected]
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        45 months ago

        I did. A long time ago.

        People are allowed to recognize a dogshit excuse for a product is a bad product.

        • HobbitFoot
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          15 months ago

          I never said people weren’t allowed, but there is this weird obsession about it on Lemmy.

          • @[email protected]
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            25 months ago

            People discuss tech companies, and when a company keeps jacking up its price while making the experience worse for an offering that would be a ripoff at half its original price, people are going to be annoyed.

            Especially with the trend of not being able to just buy shows any more.