Re:American Airlines and The Points Guy are suing each other
by prepend on Thursday January 20, 2022 @03:18PM
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> Well first you're going to have to convince people to pay for the things they use
> People would rather trade their attention for free stuff than their money for priced goods and services.
No, I don’t think this is true. I think this is something people in adtech tell themselves to sleep better at night. There’s lots of money in ads and free stuff, but there are many companies doing quite well by having customers pay for stuff.
Netflix is worth $200B plus, more than the ad tv networks. Those networks said for years that customers won’t pay and need ads. They were wrong. And I’d also add that they wanted more. They charged for cable channels and still sold ads.
People want choices and don’t mind paying for value.
> People would rather trade their attention for free stuff than their money for priced goods and services.
No, I don’t think this is true. I think this is something people in adtech tell themselves to sleep better at night. There’s lots of money in ads and free stuff, but there are many companies doing quite well by having customers pay for stuff.
Netflix is worth $200B plus, more than the ad tv networks. Those networks said for years that customers won’t pay and need ads. They were wrong. And I’d also add that they wanted more. They charged for cable channels and still sold ads.
People want choices and don’t mind paying for value.
Ads are bad for people.