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1. matheusmoreira · 1789992443 · focus · HN ↗

   It literally never fails.

   If you pay to avoid ads, you are merely letting them know that you have disposable income to spend on this sort of stuff. You're doing their job for them by segmenting yourself into the upper echelons of the market.

   At some point, some shareholder value maximizing CEO is going to show up and notice how much money he's leaving on the table by not advertising to all of those people full of disposable income.

   1. bunderbunder · 1789997239 · focus · HN ↗

      This is part of why last year I mostly switched to just borrowing DVDs from my public library. Avoiding ads by not paying seems to do the trick rather nicely. The quality and variety is better than what I can find on any one streaming service, too.

      1. Melatonic · 1790006297 · focus · HN ↗

         I love libraries but DVD are pretty ancient in terms of video quality

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