RSS BotMB to Hacker NewsEnglish · 2 months agoHow ads are chewing through half of your mobile datawww.nextpit.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down11file-text
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minus-squarethesmokingman@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoThe enshittification of the subscription model here is a gradual increase in ads until you have no choice to purchase on mobile because otherwise your data is tanked. Subscriptions work for now; they might not in the future.
minus-squareSubArcticTundra@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoAre you saying there is a risk that they would salami-slice their way back to having ads even on the subscription, as happened with YT premium?
The enshittification of the subscription model here is a gradual increase in ads until you have no choice to purchase on mobile because otherwise your data is tanked. Subscriptions work for now; they might not in the future.
Are you saying there is a risk that they would salami-slice their way back to having ads even on the subscription, as happened with YT premium?