This is straight up victim blaming.
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Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 2 days ago
94 million people decided $10 a month savings was worth watching ads rather than doing without. Fuck em. They are the reason many things only have an ad supported tier. Pay for stuff or pirate it, but don’t use ad supported tiers when you have a choice.
octopus_ink@slrpnk.net 2 days ago
Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 2 days ago
By what leap of logic do you come to that conclusion. We are talking about entertainment here. Not housing or food. Doing without is an option, and there is plenty of competition to use instead.
People rail against the rich for caring only about money. But when they make thier own decisions, they do the same. Money first. You pay for ADs with your time first. Then you pay again when ever you buy anything, because advertising whether you saw it or not is part of the price of everything. Paying for your time back alone, would be worth the price. But people put money first. And we all lose. Well except the wealthy.octopus_ink@slrpnk.net 1 day ago
So you’re angry that the poor are choosing the cheap option (🤔) because it helps the wealthy win? You’re righteously indignant because they ignored that “Doing without is an option” and decided to spend some entertainment dollars in a way of their own choosing?
Ok, but I don’t really find that very convincing.
Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Let’s be real. Do you really believe it’s the poor paying money for an ad supported tier? I don’t. And if you really do, fine. I’ll give the poor a pass if it will allow us to focus on the real problem. People who could afford to pay the full price, but are always chasing deals. It’s also why amazon day exists. Yeah that day. When they raise the price so they can take 30% off and still be charging more than they were before. And then sell out in an hour. It’s why airlines that don’t charge absurd fees can’t compete. A large block of people always chase the lowest price.
Rolive@discuss.tchncs.de 2 days ago
I paid for the ad tier of disneyplus and use an adblocker. Seems to work well so far.
Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I will call that a grey area. You still count on the roles as a sub of the ad tier. And probably in all the data it assumes you saw the ads. So it helps perpetuate the problem. But if enough people do it, it will reduce whar advertisers pay, which might reduce the problem.
Rolive@discuss.tchncs.de 2 days ago
Yeah idk. I don’t want to support this bit I also don’t want to spend anymore than the minimum on streaming. I plan to unsubscribe after finishing Andor anyway.
Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I guess you could spend time to help make it easier for others to block ads, or straight up help them. That could tip the balance into doing more to fight it than to support it. Or just learn to straight up pirate. Then you are 100% on the fighting it side.