With free services, you're the product being sold. This is why when you pay for cable TV & cinema, you don't get ads, you're not being sold.
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Replying to @jaffathecake
@jaffathecake is cable ad-free over there? If you pay for cable here, you still have to sit through ads every 7-8 minutes. Awful.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@scottjehl no, it certainly isn't, that's my point. The free = evil, $$$ = saintly bullshit is deeply false.2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @jaffathecake
@jaffathecake ah, then yeah I agree. I thought pay cable started out ad-free in the US, and didn't last. Could be wrong on that.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @scottjehl
@scottjehl The BBC is ad-free, except for its own services. But analytics are still used for service targeting & improvement.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
Replying to @jaffathecake
@jaffathecake @scottjehl : also note that it's not ad free from this side of the pond.
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