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Teach the children. (slrpnk.net)

submitted 10 months ago by ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world

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[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (7 children)

Here's the problem: the alternative is ads, and I don't think the ad model is sustainable.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago

I don’t think the ad model is sustainable.

Alphabet gross profit for the quarter ending June 30, 2024 was $49.235B, a 15.34% increase year-over-year.

Alphabet gross profit for the twelve months ending June 30, 2024 was $188.261B, a 17.29% increase year-over-year.

Alphabet annual gross profit for 2023 was $174.062B, a 11.13% increase from 2022.

Alphabet annual gross profit for 2022 was $156.633B, a 6.77% increase from 2021.

Alphabet annual gross profit for 2021 was $146.698B, a 50.01% increase from 2020.

[–] repungnant_canary@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They will make you pay and serve you ads, just like cable, just like cinemas, just like... Netflix

[–] dynamojoe@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

I pay for Netflix. I pay for Comcast. I pay Netflix to pay Comcast to allow me to have what I pay Netflix for in the first place.

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 10 points 10 months ago

I am prepared to let them all burn down. I will never pay for YouTube or disable ublock origin. I'd rather have it die

[–] GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I'm going to make a snarky old man statement. I don't mean it in a belittling way it's just something I do.

Start reading books, there are no ads. Reading is more difficult than watching television but boy it's amazing when you find a great story and you just can't put the book down.

[–] Xanvial@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Should we also pirate the book?

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Books that are more than 15 years old? Yes.

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

But you usually pay for books...

[–] LongDickJonsson@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

I usually borrow them for free from my library

[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

the alternative: reasonable offerings and decent service

"no it couldn't be this, it must be ads"

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I have no idea what I'm even missing out on by not paying for Discord but others are happy to pay for it, so I think that's a pretty reasonable offering. I can't speak for the YouTube and Tiktok example though since I don't use those.

[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago

not much, more emojis, more stickers, more file upload, more text characters in your messages, funny reactions, nothing exciting really.

Nitro sucks with how aggressive it's advertising is, but aside from that, it's mostly benign.

[–] JovialMicrobial@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

Companies make way more money shoveling ads down our throats than they ever will from subscriptions. That's why subscriptions services end up having ads anyway... or doing things like Netflix whos offering a cheaper subscription that serves ads.

We'll never get companies to get away from ad revenue. It too easy of a way to make money.

[–] MadhuGururajan@programming.dev 1 points 10 months ago

Its not sustainable if you want infinite growth sure.