alt Hacker NewsHeard it here on HN: problem is paying a subscription is purely additive. eventually, inevitably, they’ll take the subscription AND sell your data, serve you ads, etc.
it being against what your payment contract states just means they’ll reinvent and rename the tiers.
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micromacrofoot • yesterday at 10:55 PM
Yeah this is the worst, never pay for something that has ads. It's teaching these companies it's ok.
> they’ll take the subscription AND sell your data, serve you ads
Streaming services claiming prior art here.