• @ozymandias117
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      10 months ago

      5 billion / 10 years / 247 million subscribers / 12 months also works out to 17 cents/month

      Raising the minimum cost of your service by $2.50 * 10 years * 247 million subscribers * 12 months is…. 2.33/2.5 About a 93% profit margin between the two changes

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      10 months ago

      Such corpo speak: “we’ll occasionally ask”…

      Will you ever occasionally lower your rates back down? If not, that’s not " occasionally asking" your beloved members for something. That’s just raising your rates because you think you can.

      • Billiam
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        710 months ago

        That’s just raising your rates because you think you can.

        And thus far he’s been proven right.

        • circuitfarmer
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          110 months ago

          Yeah, which admittedly is disconcerting. I think a lot of these companies think they haven’t found the limit yet, and if people do leave their services, there’s always the “it’s because X show switched to Y service” or other such nonsense that is a valid argument when the market is intentionally fragmented.