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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
Except that I did not make that assertion. I was trying to put across that while Netflix attracts more better off viewers than those less well off, they cannot be sure that they would retain those viewers if they incorporated advertising. Therefore, Netflix would be likely to lose money, not gain, from incorporating advertisements.
So if Netflix went down the advertisements route, they would need an ad free option with a subscription, which is the route All4 and the ITV Hub are taking here in the UK.
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Literally you said:
Not all high earners subscribe to Netflix and probably less would do so if they had to sit through hours of mindless adverts.
That is a textbook case of the straw man.
You seem to be speculating a lot in favour of your own preferred outcome. You don’t want ads on Netflix, but you’re ignoring how lucrative a revenue stream it will be for a company substantially in debt. The vast majority of people tolerate ads on subscription services as it stands - there’s no reason to expect long term delivery over the internet to be any different.