Netflix, once a pioneer of ad-free viewing that offered a break from traditional TV norms, is now contemplating launching free ad-supported versions of its service in markets like Europe and Asia, Bloomberg reported.

The plans to offer a free ad-supported tier, albeit in select markets, suggests that pivot towards monetizing user data, in other words — making users and not the extensive library of award-winning shows a product, might be well in the pipeline.

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      4 months ago

      we were not the customers… we were the product lol…

      yeah it hurts, so let’s stop allowing ads into our lives as much as possible…

      the fact that netflix wants to offer it for free is telling what their core business is turning into…

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        I’m not streaming it, it’s on my media server, so there are no ads. I don’t pay for any services except Shudder because it’s still cheap and niche.

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          good, same here but we are a very small minority…

          half the population still pays for cable haha

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        Their core business is lost, IMO. Once they stopped offering movies in favor of their own content and tv shows, thats when it was game over for me.

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          I agree I stopped with them mid 2010s… their OG content is just low quality engagement slop. I prefer spytube for that.