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Netflix mulls introducing free ad-supported tier. The circle is complete (adguard.com)
submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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.

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[–] [email protected] 60 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (15 children)

I'll take "Organizations that made it to the top by doing something different, only to fall under leadership that doesn't understand what made them successful and descend into ruins" for 200, Alex.

Seriously, Jeopardy team - this is a rich category:

  • Netflix advertisements.
  • Zoom mandates staff return to offices.
  • Microsoft forgets what the "P" in "PC" stands for.
  • Toys R Us implements a shitty holiday gift returns policy.
  • Sears decides to sacrifice reputation for quarterly stock price gains.
  • Walgreens decides bottom-of-the-barrel incompetent pharmacists can uphold their "get it all done in one visit" secret sauce.
  • Radio Shack decides that once-every-two-years cellphone contract sales are the future for holding passionate electronics hobbyists' loyalty.
[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I worked at Radio Shack in 2012 for a few months and was told by my boss that if a customer wasn't there to buy a cell phone, be as little help to them as possible.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's a shame they went under during the rise of the maker movement. What an asset they could have been. I remember they started carrying arduino near the end and thought somebody must have tried to reach for their roots. Too little, too late.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I had quit in October of that year because I found a much better job that I ended up working at for 11 years. In those few short months though it was wild all the things that happened in that store. That store was in a mall and it didn't last a year after I quit. They had a going out of business sale and I got a ton of arduino stuff for 75% off.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

That's heartbreaking. Radio Shack was so fun, while it lasted.

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