Somehow? Paying to remove ads is rewarding ads thus causing more ads in the world. It's not mysterious at all.
There are plenty of ways to not make it an all or nothing service, but that is at least the most straight forward. You could potentially give some of it away and then have to pay for the rest. Or have some stuff for free and more premium content is paid for. Or perhaps based on bandwidth with video quality / resolution.
Anything that is not ads is going to be an improvement.
Paying to remove ads is part of the ad business model. Upset your customer enough until they give you money to make it stop. Once you pay to remove the ads you have rewarded them for implementing ads which lets them know that implementing ads was a great way at making money.
So YouTube premium is not another model. It is the same model. Another model is paying for a service that never had ads at all such as NebulaTV or CuriosityStream.
How long until someone adds a lemmy watermark onto this?
It appears that there will be no ads and the only monetization is for advanced features. Assuming that actually is true that is a respectable way to monetize something.
It all returns to nothing.
I try to eat less the next time. I find that there is an optimal amount of food that prevents me from being hungry that doesn't causes tiredness.
Where can I buy a new Vita?
I'm glad it is gone, but I suppose it doesn't answer the question of what this hidden message was. Thankfully messages don't actually disappear just because you cleared the notification. You could investigate your past messages list still.
What happens if you click dismiss all notifications in your inbox?
Hopefully that battery usage gets better when they upgrade to what is currently Element X.