alt Hacker NewsThese days it's no surprise when you are both paying for the product and are the product as well.
A lot of us learned this when cable television arrived—you paid for it, but no commercials…until there were.
These days it's no surprise when you are both paying for the product and are the product as well.
A lot of us learned this when cable television arrived—you paid for it, but no commercials…until there were.
It's true, but many services nowadays (if not most) offer an ad-free service at full price.
People confuse "ad-subsidized" with "I pay and still see ads". They're not the same thing.
And market studies show that people overwhelmingly prefer ads over payments.