For a moment, it seemed like the streaming apps were the things that could save us from the hegemony of cable TV—a system where you had to pay for a ton of stuff you didn’t want to watch so you could see the handful of things you were actually interested in.

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  • DigitalWebSlinger@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I will forever wonder how these companies actively choose $0/mo over a cut of $XX/mo and everyone in the decision chain thinks it’s the right decision.

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      1 year ago

      Because your 0$ per month after dropping them doesn’t hurt their bottom line.

      Corporations generally weigh the risks and the benefit often wins out and they make more money because there are enough people that either reluctantly cave into the fee increase, forgot about their subscription or just don’t care that it’s going up.

      It’s fairly seldom (but seems to be increasing over the years) to see so much backlash that a company walks back on what they were planning to do.