alt Hacker NewsI think Google has already shown that in the long run, people accept ads and prefer them to paying a subscription fee. If that weren’t true, then YouTube Premium would have double-digit % of youtube users and Kagi Search would be huge.
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9cb14c1ec0 • yesterday at 10:44 PM
The difference here is the qualitative difference that has existed between Google Search results and other competitors. Switching away from Google Search is a high friction move for most people. I'm not sure the same goes for AI chat.
guelo • yesterday at 9:44 PM
YouTube premium being $14 a month is a scam. I very much doubt that they earn $14/month out of my ad viewing.
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onlyrealcuzzo • yesterday at 7:49 PM
It's almost as if they did their research before chosing their monetization model.
Right but it is widely acknowledged that despite acceptance (we lack other options) this process eventually degrades the quality of the tool as successive waves of product managers decide “just a little bit more advertisement”.