• w3dd1e@lemm.ee
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    16 hours ago

    I first time I see an ad on my ad-free subscription, I will cancel like I did with Prime Video.

    It’s like they want us to become pirates.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      2 hours ago

      Just a numbers game. More people will absorb the costs than cancel their subscriptions. So these streaming services can keep ratcheting until they hit a breaking point. There’s no disincentive to these behaviors, as long as net revenue increases quarter to quarter.

      Piracy requires a certain degree of technical competence and internet savvy that the vast majority of end users don’t have.