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Altern4tiveAcc01/15/20261 replyview on HN

Fair enough, they had (specially their executives and the engineers working on ad tech) a negative impact in the world as well.


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wan2301/15/2026

Given the choice, end users choose free or cheap and ad supported over full price in huge majorities. You have to weigh "I don't like ads" against 200 million (!) people on Netflix's ad supported plan and how much enjoyment they get that they might not otherwise. Not to mention things like Google that are ad supported and genuinely useful. In the real world things have pros and cons.

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