Comment on Ad-free Facebook, Instagram access planned for $14 per month in Europe

• Vent@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Netflix didn’t start with ads, and the ads don’t affect pre-existing subscription tiers.

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  • ares35@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    ... other than the fact that they cost more to 'make room for' the ad-supported service at and near the former price points.

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    • Vent@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Did some more research and Netflix did remove their “Basic” plan when they added the cheaper ad-supported tier. They also raised the prices of their other plans, but those increases were consistent historically, so I’m not convinced the addition of an ad-supported tier caused them. Graph of Netflix prices from 2011-2023

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  • bobs_monkey@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    For what it’s worth, Facebook didn’t have ads way back in the day

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