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Netflix Plans to Bring Ads to Even More Parts of Its Service (uk.pcmag.com)
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[–] Mihies@programming.dev 1 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

TBH it's just for their ad tier.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 10 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (2 children)

Back in the day, the "ad tier" for shit was free and you only paid money to not have ads at all.

[–] Mihies@programming.dev 1 points 40 minutes ago

You still pay money to have no ads at all 🙃

[–] docus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Back in my days they had no ad tier, and their prices were reasonable.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 0 points 3 hours ago

Damn, how old are you that you remember when TV didn't have ads?