ironically I only use the free add supported ones except for amazon but thats more due to my wife.
this post was submitted on 05 Oct 2024
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Because companies want more money and people get used to it.
The economy is in a weird spot where data looks alright (employment and gdp) but the covid economy hit everyone including your friendly neighborhood corporation. Ads are a simple and reliable way to turn up profits in a soft economy and declining global situation and inflation. Since companies have effectively stolen wages for so many years they can't cope with modest wage spike on their bottom line or really any disruption anywhere in their business they use ads to print money. Maybe as time goes on business will benefit from slowing wage growth and increasing automation we will see ad growth scale back. Regulation would be nice but what are you going to do?
https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2021/03/COVID-inequality-and-automation-acemoglu.htm
https://www.atlantafed.org/blogs/macroblog/2024/06/27/are-real-wages-catching-up
If you even started using streaming services, I've got bad news for you.
If you started using steaming services on the other hand, you might be a god danged genius
People said this about Netflix a while back and I think they're profits actually went up so that's why.
The only way we’re going to do anything about this is by actively avoiding buying or using products we see advertised on streaming sites. I already do this with Amazon Prime but I doubt they even notice. It’d be great if this became a thing at Christmas, it could completely destroy the revenue stream for these massive cunts.
You are a statistic. The question isn't do you exist but how many of you exist. When there is enough money to be made by serving people like you with fewer ads someone will do it. Until then though you are not worth the money it costs too keep you so good riddance.
of course the above is why some demographics don't watch much tv. They somewhat care but not enough to serve those demographict.
may I suggest you take up tatting, mandolin, welding, bike riding... there are a long list of other things you can do with your time either on a theme/variation from above or not mentioned. These are all hobbies and you can find some to fill all that time you free o up.
How about i just keep doing the things I enjoy. Thanks.
you have imblied you enjoy streaming but are questioning if you enjoy it enough to be worth the costs. I suggested a list of things that could reblace streanming, but there are plenty of other options. Your life, your choice. Live it.
Are you like an ad guy or something. Cause you write like one.
i have disgraphia which make me really bad at writting
Oh, sorry. Could be worse. Could like me and just be bad a writing, naturally. Jk I'm super dyslexic.